roily

Questions about roily

What does roily mean?

roily means "(of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence".

How many syllables are in roily?

roily has 2 syllables and divides as roi-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for roily?

Close synonyms include churning, roiling, roiled, turbulent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is roily a common word?

roily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.