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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
  • The unsettled pattern is expected to continue into next week, with 60–80% rain and storm chances Monday through Wednesday.
    — Keily Alfonzo, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • What unsettled investors was the gap between the Fed's economic forecasts and Warsh's remarks.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of unsettled
Adjective
  • If the produce’s skin is moldy, slimy, or rotten, it should be discarded regardless of type, as mold can penetrate beyond the visible surface.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Digging in the dirt and playing with things that were slimy or gooey also sparked a welcome sense of childlike wonder in me.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of slimy
Adjective
  • Carriers will often cancel a chunk, if not most of their schedules, during severe winter storms or hurricanes to ensure planes, passengers and crews aren’t out of place, but airlines are still assessing the nor’easter’s potential path and impact.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • With severe weather forecast for Boston, where the Cubs are slated to play three games crucial to the National League playoff seeding, Major League Baseball is looking at several scenarios to make sure the games get played.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of severe
Adjective
  • The soft, muddy earth created the conditions needed for the dinosaur tracks to be buried, brought back to the surface and exposed by erosion.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, the Great Lawn had to be shut down two months ealier for repairs and resodding after tens of thousands of concertgoers stomped it into a muddy mess.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of muddy
Adjective
  • The Process There are plenty of valid fears that come with going gray and the long, often brutal grow-out process is just one of them.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2026
  • New Yorkers are in for a brutal weekend filled with heavy rainfall and intense winds as a powerful early-season nor’easter threatens to wallop much of the East Coast.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of brutal
Adjective
  • 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
  • Those chunks will melt on top into oozy, photo-worthy pools of chocolate.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
Definition of oozy
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of unquiet
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“Roily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roily. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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