Dictionary

scantily clad en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Wearing very little clothing; almost naked.
   • Here were no haggard savages, unkempt and scantily clad, coming forth from their dens in the rocks to stare wildly at the strangers. 1873, William Black, A Princess of Thule. […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 27:
   • A flying figure was racing up, three steps at a time (that of a brown man scantily clad). 1913, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXIII, in The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu:

Forms

Synonyms

cladly dressed

Translations (8)

hu hiányos öltözetű (wearing little clothing, almost naked) · mi pakiwara (wearing little clothing, almost naked) · th แต่งตัวล่อแหลม (wearing little clothing, almost naked) · es ligero de ropa (wearing little clothing, almost naked) · mi pakiwhara (wearing little clothing, almost naked) · pl skąpo ubrany (wearing little clothing, almost naked) · sv lättklädd (wearing little clothing, almost naked) · de spärlich bekleidet (wearing little clothing, almost naked)