razory

English

Etymology

razor +‎ -y

Adjective

razory (comparative more razory, superlative most razory)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a razor.
    Synonyms: sharp, cutting
    • 1856, Walt Whitman, “Night Poem” in Leaves of Grass, p. 293,
      The beach is cut by the razory ice-wind,
    • 1905, S. R. Crockett, The Cherry Ribband, London: Hodder and Stoughton, Chapter 44, p. 338,
      They swore as they parted with the skin of their finger-tips on the keen-edged razory shale.
    • 1991, Douglas Coupland, Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, OCLC 22510632, page 173:
      This is what I want: I want to lie on the razory brain-shaped rocks of Baja.
    • 1991, New York Magazine (volume 24, number 21, page 62)
      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.
    • 2009, David A. Ross, Calico Pennants
      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.
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