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US
/ˈɹeɪsi/
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[ UK /ɹˈeɪsi/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈeɪsi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
marked by richness and fullness of flavor
a rich ruby port
full-bodied wines
the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee
a robust claret -
suggestive of sexual impropriety
naughty words
a juicy scandal
a blue movie
spicy gossip
he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
a risque story
blue jokes
a naughty wink
racy anecdotes -
full of zest or vigor
a racy literary style - designed or suitable for competing in a race
How To Use racy In A Sentence
- Liberal democracy is a fraud, a cover for the power of the elite. Times, Sunday Times
- The aristocracy are made to look like buffoons; the women swoon, the maids are oversexed, and the artist himself - the center of everyone's fawning attention - plays the dandy.
- When Yahoo bureaucracy rules, people die in the health services and the aged in nursing homes are victimised while benchmark payments are pocketed.
- Mr Vermes, who was close to that research effort, finds good reason to criticise it for slowness and carelessness—but no ground to assert a conspiracy.
- That is likely to give succour to all those who loathe liberal values and democracy. Times, Sunday Times
- In effect the accuracy of the vast majority of the series' facts could not be disputed or questioned in any way.
- Besides, a medley of reasons such as malnutrition, lack of hygiene and awareness-all caused by illiteracy-contributes to the cases.
- Perhaps they will dub it the age of unreason, petty bureaucracy and utter silliness. Times, Sunday Times
- This came after scores of pro-Uribe legislators and other officials were indicted on conspiracy charges involving so-called demobilized paramilitaries. Council on Hemispheric Affairs
- Bachofen was the first to discuss under the name of gyneocracy and mother-right. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
