half-clothed
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4.6
- adjective
- NSFW
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semi-vestido
- As the sun set, he quickly threw on a jacket but remained half-clothed in his shorts.
- only half-clothed
Examples
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Sayles segues from Pilar's words in the present to a 1972 summary scene at a drive-in movie theater, where we witness Buddy and Hollis in the act of surprising the half-clothed Sam and Pilar in their car.
Academic text (1998) -
She felt embarrassed when she realized she was only half-clothed during the surprise visit.
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How could he ignore his own half-clothed state?
Fiction book (1991) -
Too late: she was interrupted only half-clothed.
Fiction book (1999) -
He would be coming up soon, and what if she were only half clothed?
Fiction book (2000) -
One opens to reveal a shadowed, half-clothed sexual coupling in progress.
Fiction book (1991) -
He is barefoot, half-clothed in rags.
Fiction book (1999) -
One contestant reported to me that being able to wear a wrap "was considerate because otherwise you are half-clothed and with the audience hollering, you are uncomfortable."
Academic text (2005) -
"And in about five days, Chuckie, you're bound to wake up to some anthropologist and his half-clothed female assistants all sniffing around here asking questions.
Fiction book (1993) -
Dad, Koren, and I were trying to look anywhere but the screen, on which a half-clothed, panic-stricken girl ran through a dark attic until a noose dropped down from the ceiling and slipped too easily around her neck.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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3.0
Wearing only a few clothes with much of the body uncovered
10
6.5
Wearing very few clothes that barely cover the body
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7.1
Clothing that shows more of the body than usual
Partly without clothes so some skin shows
Partly clothed so more of the body can be seen than usual
Wearing too little clothing for the weather or situation
Partly dressed in a loose, untidy way
How Dressed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Half-clothed is a simple compound: half means 'partly' and clothed means 'wearing clothes', so it describes someone who is only partly dressed.