Adult
Adult adjective - Dealing in or with explicitly sexual material.
Usage example: an adult magazine
Racy and adult are semantically related. in sexually explicit topic. In some cases you can use "Racy" instead an adjective "Adult".
Racy
Racy adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In the 1920's Barks began his career at a racy men's magazine called the Calgary Eye-Opener, a job that involved penciling lots and lots of adult cartoons.
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In "Alice's Dress", during their drive discussing how sexual images seem to be everywhere these days, Irma and Harry drive down a red light district, featuring a lot of X-rated movie theaters, adult bookstores, and racy billboards.
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