racily

1. 1.

   in a racy manner

   “racily vernacular language”

Questions about racily

What does racily mean?

racily means "in a racy manner".

How many syllables are in racily?

racily has 3 syllables and divides as ra-ci-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is racily a common word?

racily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.