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na·ked

 (nā′kĭd)
adj.
1. Having no clothing on the body; nude.
2. Having no covering, especially the usual one: a naked sword.
3. Devoid of vegetation, trees, or foliage: the naked ground; naked tree limbs.
4. Being without addition, concealment, disguise, or embellishment: the naked facts; naked ambition.
5. Devoid of a specified quality, characteristic, or element: a look that was naked of all pretense.
6. Exposed to harm; vulnerable: "naked to mine enemies" (Shakespeare).
7. Botany
a. Not enclosed in an ovary: naked seeds.
b. Unprotected by scales: naked buds.
c. Lacking a perianth: naked flowers.
d. Without leaves or pubescence: naked stalks.
8. Zoology Lacking outer covering such as scales, fur, feathers, or a shell.
[Middle English, from Old English nacod; see nogw- in Indo-European roots.]
na′ked·ly adv.
na′ked·ness n.
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Adv.1.nakedly - in an exposed manner; without protection or defense; "they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill"
2.nakedly - without clothing; "Henriette saw the weaving figure of an Apache warrior reel nakedly on a pony and rush by with a rifle raised"
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nakedly

[ˈneɪkɪdlɪ] ADV (= unashamedly) (with adj) → manifiestamente, ostensiblemente; (with verb) → de manera ostensible
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nakedly

adv
(= unashamedly) → offen; the new government is far more nakedly military than the old → die neue Regierung zeigt ihren militärischen Charakter viel offener als die alte
(= utterly) alone → vollkommen
(= without clothes) → nackt; a mass of bodies, writhing nakedly → eine Masse nackter, sich wälzender Körper
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

naked

(ˈneikid) adjective
1. without clothes. a naked child.desnudo
2. openly seen, not hidden. the naked truth. al descubierto
3. (of a flame etc) uncovered or unprotected. Naked lights are dangerous.descubierto
ˈnakedly adverb
al descubierto
ˈnakedness noun
desnudez, evidencia
the naked eye
the eye unaided by any artificial means such as a telescope, microscope etc. Germs are too small to be seen by the naked eye.a simple vista
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