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scantily-clad

scantily-clad is the alternative form of scantily clad.

Meaning of scantily clad

Adjective

scantily clad (comparative more scantily clad, superlative most scantily clad)

  1. Wearing very little clothing; almost naked.
    • Here were no haggard savages, unkempt and scantily clad, coming forth from their dens in the rocks to stare wildly at the strangers.1873, William Black, A Princess of Thule. […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 27
    Synonyms:
    cladly dressed

Forms of scantily-clad

comparativemore scantily-clad
superlativemost scantily-clad

Questions about scantily-clad

What is scantily-clad the alternative form of?
Scantily-clad is the alternative form of scantily clad.

Words near scantily-clad in the dictionary

  1. scantier
  2. scanties
  3. scantiest
  4. scantily
  5. scantily clad
  6. scantily-clad
  7. scantiness
  8. scantinesses
  9. scanting
  10. scantity
  11. scantle

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