roily

adjective

Definition of roilynext
1
as in silty

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2
as in unsettled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roily
  1. loamy
  2. unsettled
  3. slimy
  4. severe
  5. muddy
  6. brutal
  7. oozy
  8. unquiet
Adjective
  • Soil Plants thrive in loamy, well-draining soil but tolerate a range of soil types, including clay.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2026
  • Fill the container with high-quality, loamy, well-draining potting mix.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026
Definition of loamy
Adjective
  • Over the next several days, plan on more fall weather ahead of a colder, more unsettled end to the coming workweek.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • His eligibility case remains unsettled, as Sane signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Utah Jazz in 2024 but never appeared in an NBA game.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of unsettled
Adjective
  • But the order has been given by Wiesler’s slimy, careerist boss Grubitz (Paul Higgins) at the behest of Hempf (Andrew Woodall), a party minister.
    — Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Even the stories that are printed with such intent have a shelf life that demands the pages to be turned into living stories and not wrapped around a slimy fish.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of slimy
Adjective
  • Prosecutors said Siedlecki’s husband and the child’s father, Hussein Ali Abughazaleh, placed Jannah in a bathtub filled with scalding water, causing severe burns to more than 30% of her body.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2026
  • The physician described sustained severe soft-tissue injuries to his lower back and buttocks.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of severe
Adjective
  • Shah also points out that under warm Southern light, certain shades can take on a muddy appearance.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Some hope to find it in the muddy remains of their riverside towns, while officials and experts warn that rebuilding in the same places could expose these communities to future disasters.
    — Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of muddy
Adjective
  • Once home to a few hundred people, Potrerillos is now nearly deserted — a pueblo fantasma, or ghost town — one of many in a region where residents have abandoned their homes amid a brutal war between factions of the Sinaloa cartel.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
  • It’s been roughly three years since Russia launched its unprovoked, brutal invasion into Ukraine.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of brutal
Adjective
  • This pizza is comes together fast with premade dough and is loaded with oozy red sauce, two different cheeses, spinach, and Italian sausage.
    — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 21 Oct. 2026
  • There’s something irresistibly oozy about Tommy Lee Jones as Frog, eliding the spaces between his words so that every sentence becomes a song.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of oozy
Adjective
  • Sparks fly between Jess and Adam—and the unquiet spirits of Green-Wood rise from their century-long slumber.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of unquiet
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“Roily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roily. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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