In the dictionary,
naked [more naked; most naked] : not wearing any clothes : not
covered by clothinga naked [=nude] man
the naked human body
her naked [=(more commonly) bare] shoulders
He was naked from the waist up.
The prisoners were stripped naked. [=all of their clothes were taken
off]She was half naked [=partly dressed] when the doorbell rang.
He's stark naked. [=he's completely naked]
So, if a girl has no clothes whatsoever on, we can say "she is naked"
What if she has no clothes from her waist all the way up to her neck but still has clothes from the waist down to the feet? How to express in that situation?
or she has no clothes from her waist all the way down to the feet but still has clothes from the waist up to her neck?
or she is wearing a dress or skirt but wearing no pants or underwear?
She can say "she is half-naked" but that is not so clear.
How to express "naked" in different situations?
Best Answer
Technically, "naked" is an absolute adjective. "Nakeder" and "nakedest" make no sense and should seldom be used except for humorous effect: after all no one can have fewer clothes on than none.
If we want to emphasize how shocking the nakedness is, a frequent intensifier is "bare" as in "bare naked," which is redundant but not absurd. Or you can use a simile such "naked as a new born baby."
When it comes to people who are not literally naked but only partially clothed (remembering that "fully clothed" is a socially defined and thus somewhat fuzzy concept), the most general expressions relate to being clothed, which does admit of degree.
or
We can of course describe where a person is naked (again this depends on social definitions of an unusual degree of bare skin)
implies that she was not naked otherwise.
implies that she was not naked otherwise.
And you can say
That implies that she literally was not naked but that the social effect is the same as though she were.
But none of this works if the bare skin is considered socially acceptable
is either a joke or an absurdity.
And finally you can make use of "except" if someone is almost fully unclothed to specify in what respect that someone is not naked.
If you want to get more detailed about what items of clothing considered socially appropriate are absent, then a single word will not do.
What in the world are you writing?