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razory

razory adjective: resembling or characteristic of a razor.

Adjective

razory (comparative more razory, superlative most razory)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a razor.
    • The beach is cut by the razory ice-wind,1856, Walt Whitman, “Night Poem”, in Leaves of Grass, page 293
    • They swore as they parted with the skin of their finger-tips on the keen-edged razory shale.1905, S. R. Crockett, chapter 44, in The Cherry Ribband,, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 338
    Synonyms:
    sharp, cutting

Examples of razory in a sentence

  • This is what I want: I want to lie on the razory brain-shaped rocks of Baja.1991, Douglas Coupland, Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 173:
  • Hubbert has a rasping voice and a razory laugh, and he's busy and theatrical in the worst way — a noisy performing pro with whirlwind arms and a saturnine puss.1991, New York Magazine, volume 24, number 21, page 62:
  • The beach front surrendered suddenly to a razory cluster of peaks.2009, David A. Ross, Calico Pennants:

Synonyms of razory

Forms of razory

comparativemore razory
superlativemost razory

Origin of razory

From razor + -y.

Questions about razory

What does razory mean?
Razory means resembling or characteristic of a razor.
How do you use razory in a sentence?
This is what I want: I want to lie on the razory brain-shaped rocks of Baja.
What part of speech is razory?
Razory is an adjective.

Words near razory in the dictionary

  1. razorshell
  2. razorshells
  3. razorstrop
  4. razorstrops
  5. razorwire
  6. razory
  7. Razos
  8. razour
  9. razours
  10. razoxane
  11. razure

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