nakedly

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English nakidly; equivalent to naked +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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nakedly (comparative more nakedly, superlative most nakedly)

  1. in a naked manner; without concealing anything; blatantly or openly
    • 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in The A.V. Club[1]:
      So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.

Middle English

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Adverb

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nakedly

  1. Alternative form of nakidly