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^[1], page 293:

     The beach is cut by the razory ice-wind,

   • 1905, S. R. Crockett, chapter 44, in The Cherry Ribband,‎^[2], London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 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, 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.