racy
adjective
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
racier
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comparativeof racy.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Designers such as Loewe showed their racier side at fashion week - think stretchy materials and big brand logos that wouldn't look out of place on your favourite athlete.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2024
Their work also embodies a kind of Year Zero thinking that we find foolish in the case of Victorians slicing off the racier bits of Shakespeare.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
But he was much racier on film than on stage.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2019
He was touched that she gave him half of her lunch, and that she lent him books, although he had racier tastes.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
The racier of the two cartoons displayed, indeed, no symptom of attractive merit; and though it had a certain share of that success called scandalous, failed utterly of its effect.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
