racy
adjective
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
racily
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a word derived from
racy.
Example Sentences
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There is much to enjoy in this book: it is racily picaresque, energetic and clever.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2013
Written in Author Seabrook's usual man-to-mannish style, The White Monk of Timbuctoo is a racily sympathetic account of an unusual career.
From Time Magazine Archive
On this axis the play, now whimsically, now racily, now sentimentally, keeps turning throughout many scenes.
From Time Magazine Archive
She believed him when he wrote, racily, that he sought immortality not in heaven but "among the snowy mountains and sweet valleys of this world."
From Time Magazine Archive
Without dignity we may write clearly, or nervously, or racily, but we have not attained to a style.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske
