Join free

cleary

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

cleary¹

Where it comes from

From clear + -y.

noun clearies · clearie

  1. A clear marble (sphere used in games), usually colored, but without decoration or design.

Cleary²

Where it comes from

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cléirigh (“descendant of the cleric”), from cléireach (“cleric”).

proper noun Clearys · Clery

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Irish.
  2. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Livingston County, Missouri, United States.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"cleary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cleary. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

cleary. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cleary

Chicago

"cleary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cleary.

BibTeX
@misc{cleary_2026,
  title = {cleary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cleary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}