clean
adjective
free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained.
overclean
-
a word derived from
clean.
Example Sentences
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The iron ship was staunch, though not overclean.
From Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman by William Elliot Griffis
It was by no means overclean and she wondered with misgivings what the man did with it.
From A Prairie Courtship by Harold Bindloss
The lights were still on, however, in the hallways, revealing not overclean stairs and, for a wonder, an electric elevator.
From The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart
By one o'clock that afternoon she had shifted bag and baggage to a stuffy and poorly furnished bedchamber in a crowded, noisy, and not overclean theatrical hotel situated on a corner of Longacre Square.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
He felt the touch on his sleeves of hard brown, not overclean hands, infinitely tender and caressing; and over there, as though she had never gone, was Sara Lee, slightly flushed and very radiant.
From The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart
