Antonyms for racy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rey-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ si


Definition of racy

Origin :
  • 1650s, "having a characteristic taste" (of wines, fruits, etc.), from race (n.2) in its older sense of "flavor" or in the sense "class of wines" + -y (2); meaning "having a quality of vigor" (1660s) led to that of "improper, risqué," first recorded 1901, probably reinforced by phrase racy of the soil "earthy" (1870). Related: Racily; raciness.
  • adj energetic, zestful
  • adj risqué, vulgar
Example sentences :
  • The day was clear, the sun bright, the air full of racy health.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He told us that story about the artist's model in quite a racy fashion.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • Then news from England, five months old, was fresh and racy.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 » by Various
  • It was racy and insolent with heliotrope; he hurled it to the floor.
  • Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
  • His conversation during his European trip was bright and racy.
  • Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
  • “Sure, sor, he wanted the praste fur to soign it,” said the other in his racy brogue.
  • Extract from : « Young Tom Bowling » by J.C. Hutcheson
  • I should be sorry to go as far as that; but I own I like his quaint, racy style.
  • Extract from : « Lover or Friend » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • There was a racy, wholesome gusto in his enjoyment of novelty and independence.
  • Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • After all, in many cases, it is what they call 'racy idiom.'
  • Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
  • It is a dry, business-like process, but how racy Boz made it.
  • Extract from : « Bardell v. Pickwick » by Percy Fitzgerald

Synonyms for racy

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