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nakedly

nakedly

3 6.4
In a way that leaves someone or something exposed and unprotected
  • adverb
  • /ˈneɪkɪdli/
translation icon : abiertamente
  • I write historical fiction, so I don't have to answer to this, but I wonder, for someone who writes so nakedly about family, how autobiographical is this portrait?

OK, So let me ask a sort of nakedly gross question.

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Examples

  • Flash forward to 2012, and all we've seen from the man who promised us hope, change, and a new kind of politics is a nakedly cynical divide-and-conquer crusade that has only gotten worse in its closing days.

    Blog text (29)
  • To go to them openly, nakedly, and say these are our dreams, these are our fears.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • We'll never see each other as clearly and as nakedly as we do in this moment.

  • And, you know, it's, it seems pretty nakedly fake.

  • Weak case being brought for nakedly political purposes.

  • Of course, these themes are never stated nakedly in the book.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Her fear is so palpable; she is so nakedly vulnerable it breaks his heart.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • We can't look, nakedly and unreservedly, to each other for help.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • And then I realized that if I actually admitted and confessed the secret tenderness of my soul in my writing, he would understand nakedly who I was.

  • Her fear is so palpable; she is so nakedly vulnerable that it breaks his heart.

Synonyms

in plain sight
vsnakedly
38 2.7

Easily seen because it is not hidden

focuses on exposure and lack of protection not mere visibility
unashamedly
vsnakedly
4 4.9

In a way that shows the person is not embarrassed

emphasizes being exposed or unprotected rather than absence of shame
in the altogether
vsnakedly
  • NSFW
9.9

Completely without clothes

refers more broadly to being exposed or unprotected
barefacedly
vsnakedly
9.2

Openly and without shame

describes being exposed or unprotected rather than only bold openness

How Exposed

blatantly
58 4.8
nakedly
3 6.4
openly
303 1.6
plainly
68 1.8
subtly
48 5.1

Surface Forms

nakedly positive

Morphology

nakedly = naked (semi-transparent) = naked + ly

Derived by '-ly' from 'naked' but used metaphorically to mean 'openly' or 'exposed' rather than literally without clothes.

Etymology

Nakedly also keeps the idea of being 'uncovered' but not about the body. It means to show or admit something plainly, leaving someone exposed or unprotected.