naked
adjective
being without clothing or covering; nude.
nakedness
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a word derived from
naked.
Example Sentences
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Eve then offers the fruit to Adam, and, having both sinned, they realize their nakedness, are ashamed and make clothing.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
The results are childlike at times — parts of “La Noche” and “Lo_Divino” sound like nursery rhymes — while the nakedness of “Volvieron” brims with a solemn, ageless kind of grace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
Maternity wear is part of our wear-once fast-fashion culture, but nakedness pretends to timelessness.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
Germans “are generally quite relaxed about” nudity, Keon West, a professor of social psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, who has conducted studies into nakedness and body image, previously told The Washington Post.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
His hair was parted low on the right side so that some twenty or thirty yellow hairs could discreetly cover the nakedness of his head.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
