cladly dressed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Apparent confusion between scantily dressed and clad. Cladly does not otherwise appear in English.

Adjective[edit]

cladly dressed (comparative more cladly dressed, superlative most cladly dressed)

  1. (rare, nonstandard, proscribed) Scantily clad.
    • 2011, Daniel E. Alto, Reflections from my Inkwell, →ISBN, page 120:
      Some of the elders had heard rumors that Nathaniel was watching television by himself and paying specific attention to programs that featured females who were cladly dressed.
    • 2012, Marchella D. Beretta, Marching Towards Perfection: A Personal Inspirational Planner, →ISBN:
      With nakedness we find quite often the opposite of what the revealer expects to accomplish: the girl cladly dressed receives attention she is seeking but at cost to how she is perceived, a boy exposing his inner garment is unaware of the spiritual ramifications, news of infidelity or a checkered past leads to depression, possibly suicide and brings more harm to those surrounding the target.
    • 2014, Churnet Winborne, We Walk By Faith: Pastor Angie Series, →ISBN:
      Meanwhile, it is thirty eight degrees outside and Pastor Angie is cladly dressed walking down Gordon Parks Avenue.