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cladly dressed en · ADJ

Etymology

Apparent confusion between scantily dressed and clad. Cladly does not otherwise appear in English.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Scantily clad.
   • With nakedness we find quite often the opposite of what the revealer expects to accomplish: the girl cladly dressed receives attention she is seeking but at cost to how she is perceived, a boy exposing his inner garment is unaware of the spiritual ramifications, news of infidelity or a checkered past leads to depression, possibly suicide and brings more harm to those surrounding the target. 2012, Marchella D. Beretta, Marching Towards Perfection: A Personal Inspirational Planner, →ISBN:
   • Meanwhile, it is thirty eight degrees outside and Pastor Angie is cladly dressed walking down Gordon Parks Avenue. 2014, Churnet Winborne, We Walk By Faith: Pastor Angie Series, →ISBN:
   • Some of the elders had heard rumors that Nathaniel was watching television by himself and paying specific attention to programs that featured females who were cladly dressed. 2011, Daniel E. Alto, Reflections from my Inkwell, →ISBN, page 120:

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