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nakedly, adv.|ˈneɪkɪdlɪ|
Also 3 -liche, 5 -lye; 4 nakyd-, 5 nakidly.
[f. naked a. + -ly2: cf. MDu. naectelike, -lic(k.]
1. a. Without concealment or reserve; plainly, openly. (Common in 17th c.)
a1225Ancr. R. 316 Schrift ȝet schal beon naked, þet is, nakedliche imaked, and nout..hendeliche ismoked. 1340Ayenb. 174 He ssel zigge his zennes clyerliche and nakedliche. 1561Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 173 In sa fer as is allegit naketlie, that I ressavit..and disponit the gudis. 1603Lismore Papers Ser. ii. (1887) I. 56 Laying nakedlie and feelinglie before his eies the danger of the action. 1643Myst. Iniq. 43 The Catholike cause (which the King..is induced to serve either nakedly, or cloathed with this pretence). 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. (1716) 23 The Judge of all knoweth all, and every man will nakedly know himself. 1818Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) I. 402 Quarrels of private families..sometimes..were more nakedly conspicuous. 1846Grote Greece ii. iv. (1862) II. 88 This supremacy was not claimed directly and nakedly.
b. Without addition or amplification; simply, barely.
1534More Comf. Trib. ii. Wks. 1205/1 Hard is it..in many maner thinges, to..affirme or denye, reproue or allow, a mater nakedlye proponed & put furth. 1560Becon New Catech. Wks. 1564 I. 427 If we had ben without bodies, Christ wold haue geuen vnto vs those spirituall gifts, nakedly & simply. 1651Saunders Plen. Poss. 7 His meaning is..nakedly what the words expresse. 1710Brit. Apollo No. 40. 1/2 Our Church has Nakedly proposed them but left the Sense of them undetermined. 1741–3Wesley Extr. Jrnl. (1749) 22, I desired five or six to go with him to Justice Copeland, to whom they nakedly related the fact. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1865) 111 To state it nakedly is to confute it satisfactorily.
2. Without reference to, apart from, other things or circumstances. (Common in 17th c.)
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 231 Þus shulde stiwardis of þe Chirche juge not nakydly bi þer wille, but sikerly aftir Goddis lawe. 1549Latimer 7th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 207 Not the bare death, consideryng it so nakedly by it selfe. 1646J. Whitaker Uzziah 7 The acts of the unregenerate in themselves nakedly considered, some of them may be right. 1724Swift Drapier's Lett. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 67 Let us take the whole matter nakedly,..without the refinements of some people. 1756Burke Vind. Nat. Soc. Wks. 1842 I. 8/2 When it is nakedly considered, and those matters which are apt to divert our attention from it..are not taken into the account. 1873Speaker's Comm. Ps. cxxxviii. 1 It is doubtful if the Hebrew word Elohim, used nakedly.., can have this meaning. 1884Ld. Selborne in Law Rep. 9 App. Cases 611 The question, therefore, is nakedly raised by this appeal.
3. In a naked, unclothed, or exposed manner; nudely. Also fig.
a1440Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 40 All thyng worldly [he] hadde forsake for the loue of criste, nakidly askapynge the wrake of this worlde. 1595Daniel Civ. Wars i. lxxx, This..dazeleth all their clearest sighted eies, That they see not how nakedly they lie. a1619Fletcher Mad Lover i. i, How have you borne yourself, how nakedly Laid your soul open. 1684R. Waller Nat. Exper. Pref. Truth, through the fine Web..sometimes seems so plain and lively, that some might conclude, She was Nakedly Discovered. 1755Burke Vind. Nat. Soc. Wks. I. 71 Things which we pass by in their common dress, yet which shock us when they are nakedly represented. 1896Daily News 5 Nov. 9/2 A..man of about 30 years of age was indicted for nakedly exposing himself in a public place.
†b. Without means of defence. Obs. rare.
1562Pilkington Expos. Nehemiah (1585) 64 Good men may also learne here not..to goe nakedlie without weapon, to yeald them selues into their enemies hands. 1632Lithgow Trav, viii. 362 Rash fellowes..who will nakedly hazard themselues in knowne perrils, without Ordonance.
4. Barely, poorly, imperfectly; slightly. ? Obs.
1589Cooper Admon. 120 They..haue handled them so coldely, nakedly, and vnperfectly, that many haue bene grieued to heare them. 1634–5Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 156 My Lord of Kildare, who passed through them nakedly attended. a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts (1683) 6 The Reader, unacquainted with such Vegetables, or but nakedly knowing their natures. |