racy

Example Sentences

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Racy and lithe, this wine is excellent for before-dinner nibbles or a lazy weekend lunch when you really want some wine.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2020

Racy comic-book revelation Deadpool continued to storm ahead in top spot at the North American box office, taking an impressive $31.5m in its third weekend on release.

From The Guardian • Feb. 29, 2016

Racy, amiable and honest, Catastrophe doesn’t feel the need to amp up its story with surprises either.

From Time • Jun. 17, 2015

Scattered thunderstorms were expected from Northeastern states through the Ohio valley and Tennessee Valley, said John Racy, a lead forecaster at the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center.

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2011

Racy, rā′si, adj. having a strong flavour imparted by the soil, as wine: exciting to the mind by strongly characteristic thought or language: spirited: pungent, as a racy story: peculiar to the race.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various