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Definition of Shoaly
1. Adjective. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals. "Shoaly waters"
Definition of Shoaly
1. a. Full of shoals, or shallow places.
Definition of Shoaly
1. Adjective. Full of shoals, or shallow places. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoaly
1. full of shallow areas [adj SHOALIER, SHOALIEST]
Medical Definition of Shoaly
1. Full of shoals, or shallow places. "The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground." (Dryden) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoaly
Literary usage of Shoaly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of by Henry Walter Bates (1884)
"We had doubled the shoaly point which stretches from the mouth of the creek, and
were making way merrily across the bay, at the head of which was the port ..."
2. The naturalist on the river Amazons by Henry Walter Bates (1873)
"Our men strove in vain to gain the harbour; the wind overtook us, and we cast
anchor in three fathoms, with two miles of shoaly water between us and the ..."
3. The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of by Henry Walter Bates (1864)
"We had doubled the shoaly poll which stretches from the mouth of the creek, and
were ma way merrily across the bay, at the head of which was the port u of ..."
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