Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scantily clad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: scant-i-ly -clad
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wearing very little clothing; almost naked.

Example Sentences

"Here were no haggard savages, unkempt and scantily clad, coming forth from their dens in the rocks to stare wildly at the strangers."
"A flying figure was racing up, three steps at a time (that of a brown man scantily clad)."

Inflected Forms

more scantily clad (comparative) most scantily clad (superlative) scantily-clad (alternative)

Synonyms

cladly dressed half-clothed underclothed

Questions

What does scantily clad mean?: Wearing very little clothing; almost naked.

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