nakedlyadv.
/ˈneɪkᵻdli/, U.S. /ˈneɪkᵻdli/ 1. Without concealment or reserve; plainly, openly; blatantly. Formerly also (Scottish): †without confirmation or proof (obsolete).
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society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adverb]
barelyc950
beforeOE
openlyOE
nakedly?c1225
in a person's bearda1250
opelyc1275
apertly1297
commonlya1325
opena1325
overtlyc1325
pertlya1375
plainc1380
in (also on) opena1382
in apertc1384
plainlyc1390
in open (also general) audiencea1393
aperta1400
in commonaltya1400
outa1400
without laina1400
in commonc1400
publishlyc1400
pertc1410
in publicc1429
on higha1450
in pert1453
to a person's facea1470
into heightc1480
forthward?1504
but hidel?1507
publicly1534
uncolouredly1561
roundly1563
famously1570
vulgarly1602
above board1603
round1604
displayedly1611
on (also upon) the square?1611
undisguisedly1611
broadly1624
discoveredly1659
unveiledly1661
under a person's nose1670
manifestly1711
before faces1762
publically1797
overboard1834
unashamedly1905
upfront1972
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 234 Schrift ȝet schal beon Naked. þet is nakedliche [c1230 Corpus naketliche; a1250 Nero nakedlich] imaked.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 174 (MED) He ssel zigge his zennes clyerliche and nakedliche [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues bareliche].
a1425 (?a1400) Bk. Priue Counseling in P. Hodgson Cloud of Unknowing (1944) 137 (MED) Þenk nakidly, pleynly, & boistously þat þou arte as þou arte.
c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 206 (MED) Thyrde is that he be confessede nakedly [L. nude] and openly al his synnes.
a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis 684, in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 22 Scho prayit him..To heile Counsall and nakitly The werite scho suld declaire.
1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 173 In sa fer as is allegit naketlie, that I ressavit..and disponit the gudis.
1643 E. Bowles Mysterie Iniquitie 43 The Catholique Cause (which the King..is induced to serve either nakedly, or cloathed with..pretence).
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 23 The Judge of all knoweth all, and every Man will nakedly know himself.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xli. 233 I acknowledged nakedly and fairly the whole truth.
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. iii. 280 Quarrels of private families..sometimes..were more nakedly conspicuous.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. iv. 417 This supremacy was not claimed directly and nakedly.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. lxi. 360 Will's tone had a cutting bitterness: he was moved to put his question as nakedly as he could.
1914 W. S. Blunt Poet. Wks. I. 432 Even yet I dare not nakedly its secrets tell.
1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples I. ii. iv. 164 It was not till the sixteenth century that an English king in conflict with the Papacy dared to..nakedly declare the State supreme, even in spiritual matters.
1976 E. Crankshaw Shadow of Winter Palace (1978) ii. 27 The Duma..was a very long way from parliamentary government, but it was even farther from nakedly autocratic rule.
1994 Book & Magazine Collector June 70/1 The most nakedly autobiographical of her novels.
2. † a. Without reference to other things or circumstances; in isolation. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adverb] > without reference to anything else
nakedlya1425
absolutelyc1443
per se1574
lonely1664
an sich1846
a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 231 (MED) Þus shulde stiwardis of þe Chirche juge, not nakydly bi þer wille, but sikerly aftir Goddis lawe.
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 7th Serm. sig. Eeiiiv Not the bare death, consideryng it so nakedly by it selfe.
1646 J. Whitaker Danger of Greatnesse 7 The acts of the unregenerate in themselves nakedly considered, some of them may be right.
1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 8 Let us take the whole Matter nakedly..without the Refinements of some People.
1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 23 When it is nakedly considered, and those Matters which are apt to divert our Attention from it..are not taken into the Account.
1796 G. Colman Iron Chest Pref. p. xiii Had I, afterwards, look'd on the thing simply, and nakedly, by itself, why the thing is a good-natured thing; but I must be putting other circumstances by the side of it, with a plague to me!
1873 Speaker's Comm. Ps. cxxxviii. 1 It is doubtful if the Hebrew word Elohim, used nakedly.., can have this meaning.
b. Without addition or amplification; simply.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adverb]
aefauldlyOE
plainlyc1385
simply?c1400
nakedlya1535
simple1550
inornatelya1568
spruce?1605
dryly1635
chastely1815
unadornedly1820
inelaborately1846
in words of one syllable1922
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xviii. sig. M.i Harde is it..in many maner thinges, to..affyrme or denye, reproue or allowe, a matter nakedly proponed & put forth.
1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 427 If we had ben without bodies, Christ wold haue geuen vnto vs those spirituall gifts, nakedly & simply.
1603 Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 56 Laying nakedlie and feelinglie before his eies the danger of the action.
1651 R. Saunders Plenary Possess. 7 His meaning is..nakedly what the words expresse.
1710 Brit. Apollo 26–28 June Our Church has Nakedly proposed them but left the Sense of them undetermined.
1741–3 J. Wesley Extract of Jrnl. (1749) 22 I desired five or six to go with him to Justice Copeland, to whom they nakedly related the fact.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 28 Sept. 108 To state it nakedly is to confute it satisfactorily.
1884 J. Davidson Bruce III. i, in Plays 174 Edward I.... Welcome, sir. Your news at once, plainly and nakedly. Messenger. Comyn is dead.
1987 ‘A. Burgess’ Little Wilson & Big God (U.K. ed.) iii. 173 Poetic truths not stated nakedly but in the context of an emotional situation which explained them.
3.
a. Without clothes. Also: without possessions. Also figurative: in an open or exposed manner.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adverb]
naked as a worm?a1366
nakedlyc1425
to the skin?1518
in one's (pure) naturals1579
in puris naturalibus1581
unclothedlya1626
puris naturalibus1626
with nothing on1678
uncoveredly1683
in the buff1803
Adamically1860
in the (also one's) altogether1894
in the raw1941
in the nuddy1953
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adverb]
barely1483
nakedlya1625
starkly1829
c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 40 All thyng worldly hadde forsake for the loue of criste, nakidly askapynge the wrake of this worlde.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. lxxx. sig. E2v This..dazeleth the clearest sighted eies, That they see not how nakedly they lie.
a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bv/2 How have you borne your selfe, how nakedly Laid your soule open.
1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento Pref. sig. a4v Truth; through the fine Web..sometimes seems so plain and lively, that some might conclude, She was Nakedly Discovered.
1713 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion II. 434 He boldly stood, with Eyes disclos'd, His Arms extended, and his Breast expos'd, To nakedly submit to Rebels Law.
1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 92 Things which we pass by in their common Dress, yet which shock us when they are nakedly represented.
1876 H. James Roderick Hudson viii. 287 The garden hangs in the air, and you ramble from terrace to terrace and wonder how it keeps from slipping down..into the nakedly romantic gorge beneath.
1896 Daily News 5 Nov. 9/2 A..man of about 30 years of age was indicted for nakedly exposing himself in a public place.
1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 537/1 Clear pink chalices of Colchicum stand up nakedly from the earth.
1988 New Yorker 22 Aug. 24/2 Her nakedly pink..curved lips.
1999 P. Wilkins Truths Unremembered Things 36 Your final, hidden joke, so nakedly exposed: the scaled-down statue of David.
b. Without means of defence. Now rare.In quot. a1938 the sense may be more like sense 3a.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adverb] > in danger > liable to injury or harm > without protection
nakedlya1576
unprotectedlya1813
a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) iv. 14 f. 64v Good men may also learne here not..to goe nakedlie without weapon, to yeald them selues into their enemies hands.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 362 Rash fellowes..who will nakedly hazard themselues in knowne perrils, without Ordonance.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 39 Left to conflict nakedly with hell and vengeance, till it carry them away quicke.
a1938 W. Everson Love Song in Coll. Poems (1997) II. i You have laid off the armor, Gone nakedly into the world's war, Unweaponed, perfectly trusting.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just
uneathc1200
scarcely1297
albusyc1325
onlepyc1350
anerly1381
barec1400
scarce1413
scantlyc1440
narrowlyc1450
scant1492
barelya1513
hardly?1532
faintly1544
nakedly1589
just1603
rawly1607
just1627
badly1715
scrimp1756
bare-weighta1763
scrimplya1774
jimp1814
jistc1820
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adverb] > in a way that falls short
amissc1390
nakedly1589
1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 120 They..haue handled them so coldely, nakedly, and vnperfectly, that many haue bene grieued to heare them.
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 156 My Lord of Kildare, who passed through them nakedly attended.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) 6 The Reader, unacquainted with such Vegetables, or but nakedly knowing their natures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.?c1225- lie-consuming
- lie-detector
- lie-down
- lie-giving
- lie-hater
- lie-in
- lie-monger
- lie-tea
- lie-teller
- lie-up
- lie-writer
- lieabed
- lieabout
- liebchen
- liebenerite
- lieber gott
- lieberkühn
- lieberkühnian
- lieberkühnian follicles or glands
- liebermann–burchard
- liebermann–burchard reaction
- liebermann–burchard test
- lenities
- leniting
- lenition