ruly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruly
Adjective
  • Thanks to amiable year-round weather apart from the heat, some choose to live part-time (or full-time) on their boats.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
  • That would be Britain Covey, an amiable, 5-foot-8 wide receiver and punt returner who’s so diminutive that he’s been denied entry into players’ parking lots in the past and recently was mistaken for a member of the Rams’ front office.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Arizona tarantulas are not aggressive and are generally considered docile and shy.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Contrary to popular belief, tarantulas, which usually stay hidden in their burrows, are generally docile and are not dangerous.
    USA Today, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Until recently, their goal has been to attack the more tractable pure delivery market with a custom delivery robot about half the size of traditional cars.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • These prove out Fielder’s intuition that aviation safety depends on candid cockpit conversation, a particularly high-stakes—and, crucially, perhaps tractable—example of Fielder’s over-all preoccupation with the fear and anxiety that inhibits genuine communication.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Guthrie family cowers in obedient fear of its brooding patriarch (Peter Mullan).
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Hana must suppress her considerate and obedient nature or her destiny will be as dark as the solar eclipse.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • Even the European Union, which bent over backward to offer concessions — pledging to somehow mobilize billions for American weapons, investments and gas purchases, despite having a highly questionable capacity for doing so — wasn’t submissive enough.
    Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
  • But while the Internet is torn over whether Carpenter’s submissive position on the Man’s Best Friend cover is funny or degrading, Whoopi Goldberg was more concerned with something else.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • To date, more than 11,000 TikTok users have commented on the post, with many voicing their comedic takes on the viral moment and the cat's obliging demeanor.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Related Articles Until now exhibitions culminated in Saint Laurent’s studio on the upper floor of the museum, obliging visitors to backtrack toward the exit.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Alston also gave the Court an opportunity to clarify the NCAA is not owed a deferential standard of review on antitrust claims.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Yet this week the president was notably deferential to his Israeli counterpart on questions about the future of Gaza.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Here’s a look at Trump’s tariffs on the two countries and their exemptions: Canada’s central bank says 100% of energy exports and 95% of other exports are USMCA compliant.
    Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • One of the best defenses against these sorts of attacks is the use of multi-factor authentication that’s compliant with FIDO, the industry standard developed by a consortium of organizations around the world.
    Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Ruly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruly. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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