half-nakedadj.
As nearly naked as clothed.
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1483 Cath. Angl. 171/1 Halfe naked.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Halfe naked, seminudus.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xx. xvi. 366 This host, with whom you must encounter now, Are men halfe naked.
1713 H. Martyn in Guardian 11 May 2/1 The half starved and half naked Beggars in your Streets.
1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. I. iii. 259 Half-naked..savages.
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