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nakedly (ˈneɪkɪdlɪ) 

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adverb

  1. in such a way as to have no qualification or concealment; starkly; plainly ⇒ He was nakedly ambitious. ⇒ She was embarrassed at showing her fear so nakedly.

naked (ˈneɪkɪd Pronunciation for naked ) 

Definitions

adjective

  1. having the body completely unclothed; undressed Compare bare1
  2. having no covering; bare; exposed ⇒ a naked flame
  3. with no qualification or concealment; stark; plain ⇒ the naked facts
  4. unaided by any optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope (esp in the phrase the naked eye)
  5. with no defence, protection, or shield
  6. usually foll by of stripped or destitute ⇒ naked of weapons
  7. (of the seeds of gymnosperms) not enclosed in a pericarp
  8. (of flowers) lacking a perianth
  9. (of stems) lacking leaves and other appendages
  10. (of animals) lacking hair, feathers, scales, etc
  11. (law)
    1. unsupported by authority or financial or other consideration ⇒ a naked contract
    2. lacking some essential condition to render valid; incomplete

Derived Forms

ˈnakedly adverb
ˈnakedness noun

Word Origin

Old English nacod; related to Old High German nackot (German nackt), Old Norse noktr, Latin nudus

Example Sentences Including 'nakedly'

And was their attitude towards me nakedly hostile, or were they an obsessive creep...?
Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)
In fact they were stolen almost as nakedly as the presidential election this month.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Lettice Warrender's features registered every passing emotion as nakedly as though she were still a girl.
Meek, M R D In Remembrance of Rose
Nowhere is nepotism more nakedly practised than in journalism.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
One sees this chippiness most nakedly in the support of some Americans for the IRA.
Boris Johnson LEND ME YOUR EARS (2003)
Over scaloppina di vitello (was there ever a girl so nakedly carnivorous?
Edward Docx THE CALLIGRAPHER (2003)
Rarely have national interests been asserted so nakedly over the collective good of the EU.
New Zealand Herald (2003)
So far as the public goes, there are some advantages to having politicians ' machinations paraded so nakedly on prime-time TV.
Spiked (2003)
We used to have mass emigration as a tool to siphon out the nakedly ambitious from our society.
Irish Times (2002)

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