clean-cut

clean-cut
/kleen"kut"/, adj.
1. having distinct, regular shape: a face with clean-cut features.
2. clearly outlined.
3. neat and wholesome: a polite, clean-cut young man.
4. unambiguously clear; unmistakable; clear-cut: The case against him is a clean-cut one.
[1835-45]

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