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--n. 32 in the clear. innocent, not guilty; exonerated,
forgiven, absolved; unburdened, disburdened, unencumbered, free:
The other chap confessed, leaving me in the clear.
clearance n. 1 space, gap, hole, interval, separation, room, margin,
leeway, allowance: You must allow a clearance of 2 millimetres.
2 approval, endorsement, authorization, consent; licence, leave,
permission: He cannot get security clearance with his prison
record.
clearly adv. 1 distinctly; starkly, plainly: With spectacles, I can
see everything more clearly. 2 evidently, apparently,
manifestly, obviously, certainly, definitely, positively,
unequivocally, unquestionably, incontestably, without doubt,
undoubtedly, indubitably, demonstrably, absolutely, utterly:
His statement is clearly untrue. 3 audibly, distinctly,
understandably: I wish she would speak more clearly.
cleave v. split, divide, cut, cut or chop or hew in two or asunder,
bisect, halve, separate, slit, rive: With a mighty blow the log
was cleaved cleanly in two.
clergyman n. 1 ecclesiastic, churchman, cleric, reverend, divine, man of
the cloth, holy man, priest, minister, chaplain, father, rabbi,
pastor, parson, rector, vicar, dean, canon, presbyter,
prebendary or prebend, deacon, sexton, sacristan, guru,
ayatollah, imam: In his black frock coat he looked like a
clergyman. 2 monk, friar, brother, monastic, religious: A
clergyman was responsible for his religious education. 3
preacher, gospeller, evangelist, revivalist, missionary,
sermonizer: She was moved by the clergyman's sermon.
clerical adj. 1 ecclesiastical, churchly, pastoral, sacerdotal,
priestly, hieratic, rabbinical, ministerial, monastic,
apostolic, prelatic, papal, pontifical, episcopal, canonical:
He was wearing his clerical vestments. 2 white-collar, office,
professional, secretarial, stenographic, accounting,
bookkeeping: He runs the shop and his wife has the clerical
responsibilities.
clever adj. 1 skilled, talented, skilful, adroit, dexterous, gifted,
agile, quick-witted, intelligent, perceptive, discerning, sharp,