naked
completely unclothed
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,587 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,489 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- completely unclothed also: bare, au naturel, nude bare bodiesnaked from the waist up
- having no protecting or concealing cover also: defenseless naked to mine enemies
- (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument visible to the naked eye
- devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure also: raw naked ambitionraw fury
- lacking any cover naked branches of the treeslie on the naked rock
naked in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The naked truth and a naked lie Are shocking alike to society.
Crankisms · Lisle de Vaux Matthewman · Chapter 1
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He pawed around with his naked foot, gathering the things in a heap and looked about for more.
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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An Irish gamester that will play himself naked, and then wage all downward, at hazard, is not more venturous.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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And so this went on, the naked man perishing with anxiety, and expecting every moment to see people come in sight.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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You have dealt with the facts with cool, painstaking fidelity, and left those naked and uncontradicted facts to speak for themselves.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1