scantily clad

English

Alternative forms

scantily-clad

Adjective

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

Wearing very little clothing; almost naked.
- 1874, William Black, A Princess of Thule, volume 1, page 36:
  Here were no haggard savages, unkempt and scantily clad, coming forth from their dens in the rocks to stare wildly at the strangers.

Synonyms

cladly dressed (rare, nonstandard, proscribed)

Translations

wearing little clothing, almost naked

Hungarian: hiányos öltözetű
Maori: pakiw(h)ara
Swedish: lättklädd (sv)

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