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coatless

American  
[koht-lis] / ˈkoʊt lɪs /

adjective

  1. without a coat or other outerwear.

  2. without a coat of arms.


Example Sentences

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Yet Fetterman showed up coatless, in only a hoodie, and wearing shorts.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

With acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr., the coatless coach tried what might be called the “no harm, no foul” approach.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2019

Many of them have the look that I imagine my father had when he showed up, coatless, at the front door of the chemistry building at IIT in 1956.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2012

Just like a candidate, he stood coatless and in rolled shirtsleeves at a plant gate during shift change, greeting the departing employees one by one.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2011

Estraven stood waiting for me, bare-headed and coatless in the cold, watching that small secret ceaseless descent of snow and seeds in the night.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin