"half-naked" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-half-naked.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Middle English half naked, from Old English healfnacod, from Proto-Germanic *halbanakwadaz; equivalent to half- + naked. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|half naked}} Middle English half naked, {{inh|en|ang|healfnacod}} Old English healfnacod, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*halbanakwadaz}} Proto-Germanic *halbanakwadaz, {{prefix|en|half|naked}} half- + naked Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} half-naked (not comparable)
  1. With very few clothes on. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: seminude, semi-nude, semi-naked, seminaked Derived forms: half-nakedly, half-nakedness Translations (with very few clothes on): 半裸體 (Chinese Mandarin), 半裸体 (bànluǒtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), duonnuda (Esperanto), poolalasti (Estonian), puolialaston (Finnish), à moitié nu (French), demi-nu (French), semiespido [masculine] (Galician), semiespida [feminine] (Galician), halbnackt (German), ημίγυμνος (imígymnos) (Greek), félmeztelen (Hungarian), seminudo [masculine] (Italian), seminuda [feminine] (Italian), 半裸の (hanra no) (alt: はんらの) (Japanese), 半裸体の (hanratai no) (alt: はんらたいの) (Japanese), sēminūdus (Latin), healfnacod (Old English), półgoły (Polish), półnagi (Polish), seminu (Portuguese), полуго́лый (polugólyj) (Russian), semidesnudo (Spanish), halvnaken (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-half-naked-en-adj-boDmM8oy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with half- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 71 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half naked

Adverb

Audio: en-au-half-naked.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Middle English half naked, from Old English healfnacod, from Proto-Germanic *halbanakwadaz; equivalent to half- + naked. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|half naked}} Middle English half naked, {{inh|en|ang|healfnacod}} Old English healfnacod, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*halbanakwadaz}} Proto-Germanic *halbanakwadaz, {{prefix|en|half|naked}} half- + naked Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} half-naked (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) With very few clothes on; revealing lots of one's body. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-half-naked-en-adv-4V5OGEaI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half naked

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