Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nakedness; nudity.
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- noun the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
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Examples
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I admit one of the primary reasons I posted again was to applaud the awesomeness of the phrase "chronic nudeness" to describe Manhattan. lol! gocitizen
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They were pretty limited in which scenes they could depict Manhattan in on posters (due to his chronic nudeness) so this was definitely the best choice.
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They took her nudeness like for them it was an everyday thing.
Midnight Sister Souljah 2008
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Large and light and bare, the nudeness of the interior is uncouth, and the stiff exterior, decorated with statues, impresses one as pleasantly as clothes upon crossed bean-poles.
Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Elise Whitlock Rose
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It is probably this near-nudeness, without pure nakedness, that creates the jarring note of the group Certainly there is a bizarre touch that somewhat offsets the sinuous charm of the figure.
An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition Sheldon Cheney
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Africa; he thought of their noble walk, the proud restfulness of their features, their chaste nudeness, and their inseparability from the earth and the air.
Gänsemännchen. English Jakob Wassermann 1903
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Everywhere she looked she saw reprehensible nudeness; all clothes seemed to be made of glass; she could look neither at a man nor at a woman without turning pale.
Gänsemännchen. English Jakob Wassermann 1903
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But the chaste empress was now smiling in her nudeness, satisfied with being simply Freya.
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Vicente Blasco Ib����ez 1897
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Her mental nudeness is parallel with her low bodice, it is that and nothing more.
Modern Painting 1892
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According to Gill (230), the Papuans of Southwestern New Guinea "glory in their nudeness and consider clothing fit only for women."
Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890
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