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racy
Part of speech: AdjectiveHaving a strong flavor; pungent; spicy; rich; fresh; as, a racy wine; mentally exciting; lively; spirited; smart.
Part of speech: AdverbRacily.
Part of speech: Noun Usage examples "racy":- She gave us many amusing experiences of her travels in America, and her comments on the London Convention were rich and racy. - "Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897", Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
- Himself thoroughly original, he had no taste for what was ordinary: a racy, rough character, high or low, ever found acceptance with him; a refined, insipid personage, however exalted in station, was his aversion. - "Shirley", Charlotte Brontë.
- It is a remarkable fact that a considerable proportion of the familiar jests of almost any country, which are by its natives fondly believed to be " racy of the soil," are in reality common to other peoples widely differing in language and customs. - "Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers", W. A. Clouston.