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shoaly

/ˈʃəʊli/

shoaly adjective: full of shoals, or shallows.

Adjective

shoaly (comparative shoalier, superlative shoaliest)

  1. Full of shoals, or shallows.
    • The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground.1697, Virgil, “The Fifth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

Forms of shoaly

comparativeshoalier
superlativeshoaliest

Origin of shoaly

From shoal + -y.

Words formed from shoaly

Words that rhyme with shoaly

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about shoaly

What does shoaly mean?
Shoaly means full of shoals, or shallows.
What part of speech is shoaly?
Shoaly is an adjective.
How do you pronounce shoaly?
Shoaly is pronounced /ˈʃəʊli/.

Words near shoaly in the dictionary

  1. shoalness
  2. shoals
  3. Shoalwater
  4. shoalweed
  5. shoalwise
  6. shoaly
  7. shoar
  8. Shoard
  9. Shoards
  10. shoare
  11. shoares

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