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en déshabillé

[ ahn dey-za-bee-yey ]

adverb

, French.
  1. in dishabille; not fully or carefully dressed.


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Example Sentences

If he had been one of his own insane paupers en deshabille he could not have excited more astonishment or more consternation.

At nine o'clock, accordingly, the hands were turned-to, and before noon the ship was pretty thoroughly en deshabille.

I permitted one to alight on my flannel pyjamas, which I wore while en deshabille in camp.

When she reads how the exemplary young woman laid down her life rather than appear en deshabille to her lover, she weeps again.

I was en deshabille, but quickly slipped on a long coat and ran out after him.

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