racy
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˈreɪsi/
:
vivaz
- Rather than the summons to some outmoded virtue, the modern audience wants freedom, energy, intoxication; and it wants critics who will agitate for them in juiced-up, racy American prose.
- racy prose
- a racy novel
- a racy read
Examples
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If we never engaged with the issues brought up by the contemporary American novels we read (most of which are racy, gritty, and painful), our class would have been a waste of time.
Blog text (31) -
Her racy blog posts about travel and food have attracted a large following online.
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It's really racy and really fun.
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Give it a racy title.
Fiction book (1999) -
But there was more to the branding effort than just racy photos.
Academic text (2009) -
And then there's really creative, good quality, maybe racy headlines that are delivered on.
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The movie was called Dr. Primate: animated, cheap-looking, with an exciting, racy box design.
Fiction book (1997) -
His racy style and pungent vocabulary transformed the stiff theories of British empiricism and made them available to a wider audience.
Academic text (1991) -
The author's latest novel is a racy adventure, filled with unexpected twists and entertaining characters.
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With its racy dialogue and humorous plot, the film kept the audience laughing from start to finish.
Synonyms
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1.3
Having a lot of energy and enthusiasm
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8.1
Very clever and lively in speech or writing that keeps people interested
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6.1
Being lively and sharp in a way that makes taste or talk exciting
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A fast, exciting story or film with daring, slightly sexual scenes that keeps you tense
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Racy comes from the word race, which long ago suggested a strong, lively quality—think of the quick energy of a running race. So, racy means something 'lively' and full of life.