half-dressed

British  

adjective

1. partially clothed

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Example Sentences

She was in a nightgown but I noticed with confusion that she was also in a cardigan, a cardigan over the nightgown as if she’d slept half-dressed.

From Literature

At one point, police pulled him over for speeding — and were understandably confused to find a man half-dressed behind the wheel.

From Los Angeles Times

The weekly social media posts published by Cristiano Ronaldo this offseason typically have shown the soccer superstar half-dressed, muscles bulging, either working out or promoting one of his many brands.

From Seattle Times

In the early “Crow” from 1988, a half-dressed man touches the forehead of another man as if feeling for signs of fever as a black bird wings toward them like a maleficent angel.

From New York Times

In someone else’s video posted to Facebook, she is seen standing outside the Capitol door, not far from a half-dressed man in a headdress, the so-called QAnon Shaman.

From Los Angeles Times