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- Dictionaryroily/ˈrɔɪli/
adjective
- 1. muddy; turbulent: North American "those waters were roily, high and muddy"
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The meaning of ROILY is full of sediment or dregs : muddy. How to use roily in a sentence.
adjective. rare. cloudy or muddy. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of roily 1. First recorded in 1815–25; roil + -y 1. Discover More. Example Sentences. A week of hot sunshine had filled the Toba River bank full of roily water when Hollister breasted its current again. From Project Gutenberg.
Roily is an adjective that means cloudy or muddy, or agitated. Learn how to use it in sentences, see its origin and frequency, and compare it with other words that end with -y.
IPA guide. Definitions of roily. adjective. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence. synonyms: churning, roiled, roiling, turbulent. agitated. physically disturbed or set in motion.
adjective. 1. Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended: cloudy, muddy, murky, roiled, turbid. 2. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
Find 69 different ways to say ROILY, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
Synonyms for ROILY: silty, loamy, clayey, slimy, muddy, oozy, mucky, slushy; Antonyms of ROILY: sparkling, unsullied, clean, spotless, immaculate, antiseptic, pristine, unstained
