Meanings
comparative more scantily clad · superlative most scantily clad · alternative scantily-clad
- Wearing very little clothing; almost naked.
A flying figure was racing up, three steps at a time (that of a brown man scantily clad).
1913, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXIII, in The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu1 more example
Here were no haggard savages, unkempt and scantily clad, coming forth from their dens in the rocks to stare wildly at the strangers.
1873, William Black, A Princess of Thule. […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 27Synonyms: cladly dressed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWearing very little clothing; almost naked.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveinadequately clothed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
German spärlich bekleidet
- spärlich bekleidetwearing little clothing, almost naked
Hungarian hiányos öltözetű
- hiányos öltözetűwearing little clothing, almost naked
Māori pakiwara, pakiwhara
- pakiwarawearing little clothing, almost naked
- pakiwharawearing little clothing, almost naked
Polish skąpo ubrany
- skąpo ubranywearing little clothing, almost naked
Spanish ligero de ropa
- ligero de ropawearing little clothing, almost naked
Swedish lättklädd
- lättkläddwearing little clothing, almost naked
Thai แต่งตัวล่อแหลม
- แต่งตัวล่อแหลมwearing little clothing, almost naked
Cite this entry
scantily clad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scantily%20clad
“scantily clad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scantily%20clad. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scantily clad,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scantily%20clad.
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