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roily

roily adjective: muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment).

Adjective

roily (comparative roilier, superlative roiliest)

  1. muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment)
  2. turbulent

Forms of roily

comparativeroilier
superlativeroiliest

Origin of roily

From roil + -y.

Questions about roily

What does roily mean?
Roily means muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment).
What part of speech is roily?
Roily is an adjective.

Words near roily in the dictionary

  1. roiliest
  2. roiling
  3. roilings
  4. roils
  5. roilsome
  6. roily
  7. roin
  8. roined
  9. roining
  10. roinish
  11. roins

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