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What does roily mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word roily? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (of water) muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment)
  2. turbulent
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By hooking up cables to the circuit breakers of the homes, Mr. Crewdson had managed to flood the entire neighborhood with cinematic lighting and roily gusts from a fog machine.
Wind, rain, roily, shoaly seas breaking clear over the ship across decks drove Cook out from land to deeper water.
He climbed out, shook himself and sent a roily spray flying in all directions.
So, she thought, a roily river of muddy waters this city was.
The grass very tender and succulent, the streams full and roily.
The water was choppy and roily, the canoe bobbed a good deal, the anchors dragged, and we did not see any fish.

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