Word Finder - cleanliness

definition

The property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene.

example

Cleanliness is next to godliness. (proverb)

The exemption was attributed to cleanliness and good drainage.

The restaurant staff made sure that cleanliness was a priority in their kitchen.

Fran wished to raise her boys to have a high standard of cleanliness.

The same old stateliness, the same cleanliness, the same stillness reigned there, and inside there was the same furniture, the same walls, sounds, and smell, and the same timid faces, only somewhat older.

I prefer not to use public restrooms because they don't typically meet my standards of cleanliness.

Cleanliness is a good indicator of upkeep.

Cereal pests can only be treated by general cleanliness and good farming, and of course they are largely kept down by the rotation of crops.

The greatest care is necessary to ensure the cleanliness and asepticity of the casks in which wine is stored or into which it is racked.

Many of the streets in the old town are very narrow, and have an appearance of cleanliness and quiet.

When your idea of cleanliness differs from your roommate's, there can be conflict.

The Guards had made their whole march as if on a pleasure trip, parading their cleanliness and discipline.

The cleanliness of the down is also of great importance when you're learning how to buy down pillows.

The town is remarkable for its ordered, regular life and its scrupulous cleanliness.

The first requisite is strict attention to cleanliness.

I may need to hire a maid because it is difficult to keep the home at the level of cleanliness that I desire.

A large part of the change may be summed up in the words "scientific cleanliness."

These parcels, he said, "contained quicklime, for the purpose of absorbing any moisture and keeping the boxes quite dry, the lime being packed in paper for the sake of cleanliness.

Among the native races the prevailing diseases, apart from those of a malarial origin, are chiefly such as arise from bad and insufficient food, from intemperance, and from want of cleanliness.

This improvement is due to greater cleanliness, better dwellings, better nourishment, and the increase in the number of doctors.

To tackle the menace, ministers promised a crackdown on poor hygiene with hospitals ranked in a league table of cleanliness.

Careful Observations With Special Precautions To Ensure The Cleanliness Of The Water Have Shown That Over A Considerable Range, The Departure From Tate'S Law Is Not Great.

The council are empowered to make by-laws for fixing the number of lodgers and separating the sexes therein, promoting cleanliness and ventilation, giving of notices and taking precautions in case of any infectious disease, and generally for the well-ordering of such houses.

In class (2) he includes, besides the Benevolence of Shaftesbury and Hutcheson, the useful virtues, Justice, Veracity and Fidelity to compacts; as well as such immediately agreeable qualities as politeness, wit, modesty and even cleanliness.

We had not got much furniture but my father who had been in WW1 was a stickler for cleanliness.

I had to look to general cleanliness, lashing and stowing hammocks, and the victualling department.

Ruggles Brise, the English expert on prisons, declared that "the purity of the air and the cleanliness of the American prisons are admirable, and under a very elaborate system of warming by hot air, a regular and uniform temperature is sustained throughout the year, which, considering the varying nature of the climate from extreme heat to cold many points below zero, is a considerable engineering triumph."

Teachers were sent round among the cottagers to give practical advice on such points as ventilation, drainage, disinfectants, cleanliness, &c., a plan which, if widely carried out, would bring the most valuable knowledge to every home in England.

When in doubt of the cleanliness of your chimney, get it swept.

Some of them are models of cleanliness and good order, built on the best and most imposing lines with large comfortable cells and an abundance of light and air.

Meticulous in personal cleanliness, Darby wore every piece of clothing only once.

Their zeal for renunciation often extended not to pleasures, marriage and property alone, but to cleanliness, knowledge and good manners as well, and in this respect also they were the forerunners of later monks.

According to Miss Nightingale nursing ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the selection and administration of diet - all at the least expense of vital force to the patient.

The other markets are conveniently situated at various accessible places within the city, and the careful police supervision to which they are subjected, both in the matter of general cleanliness, and in the careful examination of all articles of food exposed for sale, has tended to the general health and comfort of the population.

It now includes most of the principal thoroughfares, which form a notable contrast to many of the smaller streets and alleys, in which good building and cleanliness are lacking.

This great assemblage is always a dangerous centre of infection, and the days of Mina especially, spent under circumstances originally adapted only for a Bedouin fair, with no provisions for proper cleanliness, and with the air full of the smell of putrefying offal and flesh drying in the sun, produce much sickness.

The sixth clause comprehends a wide programme of reform, including abstinence from spirituous liquors and animal food, physical cleanliness and exercise, marriage reform, the promotion of female education, the abolition of caste and of idolatry.

However, our own self- assessment established that we havenât achieved a consistently high standard of cleanliness across our seven hospital sites.

Signs to look for in any market are cleanliness and smell.

Keeping the kittens on flea preventative is an excellent way to prevent a reinfestation, and you certainly have a handle on the cleanliness issue.

Also ask about the cleanliness of the shop.

Practice cleanliness and keep an eye on the host's scalp daily.

His intense practical-mindedness drew him away from religion, but drove him to a morality of his own (the " art of virtue," he called it), based on thirteen virtues each accompanied by a short precept; the virtues were Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Frugality, Industry, Sincerity, Justice, Moderation, Cleanliness, Tranquility, Chastity and Humility, the precept accompanying the last-named virtue being " Imitate Jesus and Socrates."

In point of cleanliness Tetuan compares favourably with most Moorish towns.

It demands physical strength, sound health, scrupulous cleanliness, good temper, self-control, intelligence and a strong sense of duty.

It is comparatively easy to fulfil routine duties, when every means is at hand and the standing conditions are the most favourable possible; when ventilation, warmth, light and cleanliness are all provided of the best, and when assistance can be summoned in a moment.

Since, then, the destruction of the hardy germs is so difficult, the greater care should be taken, by washing the udder, hands and milk vessels, to secure extreme cleanliness in the preparation of milk intended for infant consumption.

It was, in common with all such offices in ancient monasteries, constructed with the most careful regard to cleanliness and health, a stream of water running through it from end to end.

Opening out of the dormitory was always the necessarium, planned with the greatest regard to health and cleanliness, a water-course invariably running from end to end.

For the same reason cleanliness and free ventilation under favourable weather conditions are of great importance.

They received shares of the annual revenues of the temple in kind, consisting of linen, oil, flesh, bread, vegetables, wine, beer, &c. The divine servants or prophets had residences assigned them in the temple area In late times the priests were always shaven, and paid the greatest attention to cleanliness and ceremonial purity already implied in their ancient name.