scantily clad
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scantily clad — adjective inadequately clothed • Syn: ↑half clothed, ↑underclothed • Similar to: ↑unclothed * * * scantily clad/dressed phrase wearing clothes that do not cover much of your body scantily clad dancers … Useful english dictionary
clad — [ klæd ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY wearing a particular type of clothing: clad in: crowds of people clad in team jackets scantily/casually/warmly etc. clad (=dressed in a particular way): scantily clad dancers … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scantily dressed — scantily clad/dressed phrase wearing clothes that do not cover much of your body scantily clad dancers Thesaurus: not wearing clothes or a particular type of clothessynonym to remove clothes and not wear clotheshyponym Main entry: scantily … Useful english dictionary
clad — [klæd] adj literary [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Old past participle of clothe] 1.) wearing a particular kind of clothing clad in ▪ She felt hot, despite being clad only in a thin cotton dress. warmly/suitably/scantily clad (=dressed warmly etc) 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
clad — UK [klæd] / US adjective mainly literary wearing a particular type of clothing clad in: crowds of people clad in New Zealand rugby shirts scantily/casually/warmly etc clad (= dressed in a particular way): scantily clad dancers … English dictionary
scantily — scant|i|ly [ skæntıli ] adverb in a way that is not enough: Women are still scantily represented in the party. scantily clad/dressed wearing clothes that do not cover much of your body: scantily clad dancers … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scantily — UK [ˈskæntɪlɪ] / US adverb in a way that is not enough Women are still scantily represented in the party. • scantily clad/dressed wearing clothes that do not cover much of your body scantily clad dancers … English dictionary
clad — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ fully ▪ He returned fully clad. ▪ partially, scantily ▪ … Collocations dictionary
clad — [[t]klæ̱d[/t]] 1) ADJ: v link ADJ in n, adv ADJ If you are clad in particular clothes, you are wearing them. [LITERARY] ...the figure of a woman, clad in black... Johnson was clad casually in slacks and a light blue golf shirt. ...posters of… … English dictionary
clad — adjective 1 literary wearing a particular kind of clothing: a model clad in silk and lace | warmly/poorly/scantily clad (=dressed in a particular way) 2 snow clad/ivy clad etc covered in a particular thing: an armour clad ship … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
