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as in silty
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as in unsettled
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roily
Adjective
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Grown as a perennial in zones 8 to 10 and as an annual elsewhere, this plant needs plenty of sun and sandy or loamy, well-draining soil.—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
10 June 2026 -
The plant prefers rich, loamy, well-draining soil.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Current guidance suggests quiet to unsettled conditions on 18 June, with activity expected to increase from 19 to 20 June.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The unsettled weather is forecast to continue into the evening.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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The green, slimy algae were first detected in the delta in 1999.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Biofilm is a microscopic, slimy layer of bacteria that sits on the surfaces and resists disinfectants over time.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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Relaxed scientific protocols and standards within the Department of Health and Human Services have led to an increase in clinics offering experimental stem cell treatments to parents of children with severe autism.—
Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
18 June 2026
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The war, following years of sanctions, has led to a severe cost of living crisis in Iran.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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The battle that follows — a muddy and mean scrum — is even more ghastly, partly for its utter pointlessness.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Western thought tells us that the journey needn’t be muddy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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His first strikeout was part of a brutal sequence.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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The injury is obviously a brutal blow to Canada's starting 11.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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The menu is full of sustaining stews, ample vegetables and, from the toné (clay oven), khachapuri, a genre of breads infiltrated by cheese and by turns fluffy, elastic, oozy and tender.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Those chunks will melt on top into oozy, photo-worthy pools of chocolate.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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These attempts to keep down the unquiet dead were, besides being desecrations, exercises in a lot of heavy and often forbidden labor done on decaying bodies.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Roily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roily. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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