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[ kleen-han-did ] / ˈklinˈhæn dɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR clean-handed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefree from wrongdoing; guiltless. Origin of clean-handedFirst recorded in 1720–30 OTHER WORDS FROM clean-handedclean·hand·ed·ness, nounWords nearby clean-handedclean-cut, clean eating, clean energy, cleaner, clean food, clean-handed, clean hands, clean hands, have, clean house, cleaning, cleaning woman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for clean-handedSo, clear speaking is needed: a fight that is not clean-handed will make victory more disgraceful than any defeat. Principles of Freedom|Terence J. MacSwiney They were both learned in the Law, and were described by him, now as pure and clean-handed, and again as open to bribery. History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz May it wave there so long as it covers just laws, honest officials, and clean-handed administrators—so long and no longer! The Great Boer War|Arthur Conan Doyle Only so did she feel that she could go free of all obligation, clean-handed, without stultifying herself in her own eyes. Big Timber|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Words related to clean-handedabove suspicion, clean, clear, exemplary, faultless, good, guiltless, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, irreproachable, perfect, pure, righteous, stainless, unblemished, unimpeachable, unsullied, untarnished |