in the raw
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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prep_phrase
In the natural state; in real life.
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Example Sentences
- "I guaranteed him that in both these synagogues hakafot would provide him with music "in the raw.""
- "He was seeing life in the raw, and it was a different life from what he had known within the printed books of his library."
- "1921, Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche, He read there in the raw what is perhaps the most amazing page in the history of human development, and in the end he was forced to the conclusion that all his early preconceptions had been at fault, and that it was such exalted, passionate enthusiasts as Vilmorin who had been right."
- "In spite of defending indecency, Jacob doubted whether he liked it in the raw."
- "Bond looked grimly at the pile of parcels which contained his new identity, stripped off his pyjamas for the last time ('We mostly sleep in the raw in America, Mr Bond') and gave himself a sizzling cold shower."
- "He stood gawking at Cyndee, who was standing in the raw on the shore of the pond his daddy had put in."