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scantily clad

scantily clad adjective: wearing very little clothing; almost naked.

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
    • A flying figure was racing up, three steps at a time (that of a brown man scantily clad).1913, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXIII, in The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
    Synonyms:
    cladly dressed

scantily clad meaning in Thai

scantily clad in Thai

wearing little clothing, almost naked
แต่งตัวล่อแหลม

Synonyms of scantily clad

Forms of scantily clad

comparativemore scantily clad
superlativemost scantily clad
alternative formscantily-clad

Questions about scantily clad

What does scantily clad mean?
Scantily clad means wearing very little clothing; almost naked.
What is scantily clad in Thai?
Scantily clad in Thai is แต่งตัวล่อแหลม. See Scantily clad meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is scantily clad?
Scantily clad is an adjective.

Words near scantily clad in the dictionary

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

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