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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