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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Cleanly-meaning

Could you please help me understand the meaning of cleanly in the following sentence? To be honest, I don't quite get the meaning of the whole sentence.

"Peter's analysis cut cleanly through the irrelevant points"

Thank you for your time.
  

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It means that Peter's analysis focused on the main issues/points. His analysis filtered out, and was not distracted by, the irrelevant points.

  • It means that Peter's analysis focused on the main issues/points.
  • His analysis filtered out, and was not distracted by, the irrelevant points.
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It means that Peter's analysis focused on the main issues/points. His analysis filtered out, and was not distracted by, the irrelevant points.

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