Shoaly

//ˈʃəʊli// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of shoals, or shallows.

    "The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground."

Adjective
  1. 1
    full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals wordnet

Synonyms

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reefyshelfyshelfyshelvy

Example

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"The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground."

Etymology

From shoal + -y.

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