🙈 Naked 🙈 Without clothes

in the altogether

9.9

Completely without clothes

idiom

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: desnudo

She was caught in the altogether when the doorbell rang unexpectedly.

Examples

The artist asked her to pose in the altogether for the painting.
Why would anyone go in the altogether in public?
He accidentally walked into the living room in the altogether when his guests arrived early.
He walked around in the altogether at the beach.
He accidentally walked into the living room in the altogether when his guests arrived early.
She was caught in the altogether when the doorbell rang unexpectedly.
He walked around in the altogether at the beach.

Synonyms

nude

vsin the altogether

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89 3.7

Not wearing any clothes

is more colloquial and functions as an adverbial phrase in speech

naked

vsin the altogether

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38 1.0

Not covered and showing the surface underneath

is used as an idiomatic adverbial phrase rather than the plain adjective

raw

vsin the altogether

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20 8.5

Completely without clothes

is usually the idiomatic adverbial phrase used in everyday speech

stark naked

vsin the altogether

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7 4.6

Completely without any clothes

is a softer idiomatic adverbial form used in broader contexts

in the buff

vsin the altogether

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6 9.3

Not wearing any clothes

is a comparable idiomatic adverbial expression with slightly different wording

unclothed

vsin the altogether

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4 3.7

Not wearing any clothes

is an idiomatic adverbial form rather than this straightforward description

bare-assed

vsin the altogether

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2 9.6

Completely without clothes with the bottom showing

is a less crude adverbial phrase avoiding the vulgar physical emphasis

bare-ass

vsin the altogether

Offensive

2 9.9

Completely without clothes

is the idiomatic adverbial form used without coarse slang

naked as a jaybird

vsin the altogether

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2 9.5

Having no clothes on

is the more neutral adverbial phrase without this playful image

unclad

vsin the altogether

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1 7.5

Not wearing any clothes

is used as a living adverbial idiom rather than a literary adjective

nakedly

vsin the altogether

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7.0

In a way that is not wearing any clothes

is the idiomatic phrase form rather than the single-word adverb

undressed

vsin the altogether

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1.9

A person who is not wearing any clothes

is used as an idiomatic adverbial phrase showing total lack of clothing

clothesless

vsin the altogether

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8.4

Not wearing any clothes

is the idiomatic adverbial wording often heard in everyday speech

uncovered

vsin the altogether

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1.9

Not wearing clothes on a part of the body

is a focused adverbial idiom specifically about complete lack of clothing

exposed

vsin the altogether

1.8

Not covered by clothes and showing skin

is limited to the adverbial sense of being completely without clothes

garmentless

vsin the altogether

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8.1

Not wearing any clothes

is the idiomatic adverbial expression used more in speech and stories

unappareled

vsin the altogether

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9.9

Not wearing any clothes

is the modern idiomatic adverbial phrasing rather than this archaic term

unattired

vsin the altogether

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9.1

Not wearing any clothes

is more idiomatic and commonly used as an adverb in speech

ungarbed

vsin the altogether

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9.9

Not wearing any clothes

is the everyday adverbial phrase typically heard in casual conversation

starkers

vsin the altogether

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9.9

A person who has no clothes on

is the familiar adverbial phrase used beyond British colloquial usage

in the raw

vsin the altogether

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8.8

A person who has no clothes on

is an adverbial phrase that shares meaning but differs in wording

naked as the day one was born

vsin the altogether

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7.6

Completely without clothes, as when someone is born

is a concise adverbial phrase without the long figurative wording

naked as the day you were born

vsin the altogether

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7.4

Completely without clothes like at birth

is the compact adverbial phrase preferred in normal speech

peeled

vsin the altogether

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9.9

Completely without clothes on

is a more standard adverbial phrase used in less slangy registers

Antonyms

clothed

1 1.0

Wearing clothes to cover the body

How Clothed

half-clothed

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1 4.6

scantily clad

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10 6.5

in the altogether

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9.9

Surface Forms

in the altogether positive

Morphology

in + the + altogether

Although 'altogether' means 'completely', the idiomatic use 'in the altogether' to mean 'naked' is not a straightforward compositional reading of 'in' + 'the' + 'altogether'. The presence of the article and the historical/idiomatic sense makes the meaning unpredictable for a B1 learner who only knows the individual words, so it is opaque.

Etymology

In the altogether as an adverb may come from the same old use of altogether meaning 'all' or 'complete', so to be 'in the altogether' shows a person with no clothes left on. That's why it means 'completely unclothed'.