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

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   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

   This is what I want: I want to lie on the razory brain-shaped rocks of Baja.

   1991, Douglas Coupland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, 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

   Shortly after her arrival Amie ventured away from the sandy, palm-lined coast to explore the inland territory. The beach front surrendered suddenly to a razory cluster of peaks.

   2009, David A. Ross, Calico Pennants

   Synonyms: sharp, cutting