scantily clad
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˈskæntɪli klæd/
- NSFW
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- The fashion show featured models walking the runway scantily clad in the latest summer trends.
- scantily clad women
OK, but the best part is then he brings in girls scantily clad and he starts giving people alcohol while they gamble.
- OK, but the best part is then he brings in girls scantily clad and he starts giving people alcohol while they gamble.
- And then you pit that against the fact that there were, you know, scantily clad women on a weekly basis showing up in Joey's dream sequences.
- Well, last week a scantily clad Japanese man covered himself rather indelicately with Mentos and jumped into his tiny Coke filled bathtub.
Examples
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Scantily clad women stood on platforms next to the cars like gigantic live hood ornaments.
Fiction book (1998) -
On the Hotel Baia Turchese beach behind our small crowd of reporters, scantily clad sunbathers dip their Mediterranean toes in the Mediterranean Sea.
Academic text (2012) -
This poor actress is basically scantily clad in almost every scene.
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Basically: if you need to wear a scantily clad outfit to feel sexy, more power to you.
Blog text (25) -
Or the scantily clad mermaids.
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Even Armstrong, standing half-crocked at the bar, is flanked by two scantily clad women.
Fiction book (2002) -
Cairo gave way before it, passing behind a sofa from which two scantily clad women regarded him with mild interest.
Fiction book (1999) -
Some of the people were well-dressed, some scantily clad, but all intent on getting enjoyment out of their leisure season.
Fiction book (1992) -
The camera pans the room, picking up scantily clad ladies, expensively dressed men, and a blindfolded piano player banging out jazz.
Fiction book (2002) -
The dancers performed scantily clad, showcasing their vibrant costumes under the stage lights.
Synonyms
40
3.0
Wearing only a few clothes with much of the body uncovered
11
4.9
Clothes that are very small and show a lot of the body
1
4.6
Wearing only some clothes and showing parts of the body
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7.1
Clothing that shows more of the body than usual
Partly clothed so more of the body can be seen than usual
Partly without clothes so some skin shows
Wearing too little clothing for the weather or situation
Partly dressed in a loose, untidy way
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'wearing very little clothing' is directly and compositionally derived from 'scantily' (to a limited or bare extent) modifying 'clad' (dressed). This adverb + adjective pattern is a standard, transparent English construction, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Scantily clad comes from the older parts scant and clad, where scant means 'small amount' and clad means 'dressed'. Picture someone wearing very little clothing, so the phrase now means 'wearing very little clothing'.