Nakedly
['nekɪdli]
Definition
(adv.) without clothing; 'Henriette saw the weaving figure of an Apache warrior reel nakedly on a pony and rush by with a rifle raised'.
(adv.) in an exposed manner; without protection or defense; 'they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill'.
Edited by Candice--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a naked manner; without covering or disguise; manifestly; simply; barely.
Typed by Annette
Examples
- Will's tone had a cutting bitterness: he was moved to put his question as nakedly as he could. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The reality of the struggle between the Latin and the Byzantine system became more and more nakedly apparent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But she could not be herself, she DARED not come forth quite nakedly to his nakedness, abandoning all adjustment, lapsing in pure faith with him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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