half naked

adjective

: partly dressed
She was half naked when the doorbell rang.

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Angie was stabbed and cut 14 times and left half naked. CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024 Arthur accompanied Harry on a notorious trip to Las Vegas in 2012, when the prince was secretly photographed half naked, and the public got a gander when the clandestine shutterbug leaked the shots to the tabloids. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024 But if wearing just one eye-catching piece will leave your face feeling half naked, try an asymmetrical pair as was done at Etro and Erdem instead for the same unique appeal but with no lobe left behind. Amanda Randone, refinery29.com, 10 July 2024 In 1978, fantasy artist Boris Vallejo drew a half naked fairy for the cover and, in 1980, artist Jack Katz drew a topless female warrior. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023 Once in a while a really little kid would streak by, half naked, waving a book, a stick, or a diaper. Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Apr. 2023

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“Half naked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20naked. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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