1. [adv]  in an adroit manner; "he bounced it cleanly off the wall"
2. [adv]  without distortion; "she played the piano accompaniment cleanly"
3. [adj]  habitually clean; "cleanly in their persons and habitations"

CLEANLY is a 7 letter word that starts with C.

1. \Clean"ly\, a. [Compar. {Cleanlier}; superl.
   {Cleanliest}.] [From {Clean}.]
   1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. ``Cleanly joys.''
      --Glanvill.
   
            Some plain but cleanly country maid.  --Dryden.
   
            Displays her cleanly platter on the board.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
   
   2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.]
      ``With cleanly powder dry their hair.'' --Prior.
   
   3. Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.]
   
            Through his fine handling and his cleanly play.
                                                  --Spenser.
   
   

2. \Clean"ly\, adv.
   1. In a clean manner; neatly.
   
            He was very cleanly dressed.          --Dickens.
   
   2. Innocently; without stain. --Shak.
   
   3. Adroitly; dexterously. --Middleton.