naked
adjective
being without clothing or covering; nude.
nakedly
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a word derived from
naked.
Example Sentences
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But the most nakedly honest lyric comes on I'm Afraid - potentially the least romantic song ever written about getting engaged.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
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
It moved me to see him so nakedly affected by his long months of suffering.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
