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- [roi-lee]
- /ˈrɔɪ li/
- /ˈrɔɪ.lɪ/
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- [roi-lee]
- /ˈrɔɪ li/
Definitions of roily word
- adjective roily turbid; muddy. 1
- adjective roily turbulent. 1
- adjective roily cloudy or muddy 0
- adjective roily turbid; muddy 0
- adjective roily agitated 0
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Origin of roily
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25; roil + -y1
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Parts of speech for Roily
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
roily popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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roily usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for roily
adj roily
- boggy — Boggy land is very wet and muddy land.
- caked — If something is caked with mud, blood, or dirt, it is covered with a thick dry layer of it.
- dun — to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- gunky — Informal. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling gunk.
adjective roily
- emulsified — Simple past tense and past participle of emulsify.
- nontranslucent — Not translucent.
- nontransparent — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- nubilous — cloudy or foggy.