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nakedly

  • a word derived from naked.

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When that didn’t work, his administration launched a nakedly pretextual criminal investigation into Powell.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2026

These days, the prevailing style of curmudgeonry is either nakedly bigoted or, like this one, an extended straw-man argument recast as a bold, brand-new revelation: Heterosexuality is good?

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

This means the Revolutionary Guards ideological army under Vahidi "now more nakedly exercises power", he added.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

For Ms. Romvari, this is an autobiographical, almost nakedly therapeutic drama about the loss of her brother, unpompously ambitious in its hopscotching of time as it searches for scraps of understanding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Long before President Nixon met his Waterloo over the Watergate burglary, he escaped from another tight spot with a magisterial speech, at the heart of which was a nakedly cheesy pathos appeal.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith