shoaly

American  

[shoh-lee] / ˈʃoʊ li /

adjective

shoalier, shoaliest

1. full of shoals or shallows.

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Etymology

Origin of shoaly

First recorded in 1605–15; shoal ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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shoaly

The river had now sunk to its lowest point, and numbers of fresh-water dolphins were rolling about in shoaly places.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

Swamps would, perhaps, better describe these shoaly sheets of water, which in summer so swarm with mosquitoes that deer and even the natives sometimes die from their attacks.

From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry

This is not occasioned by shallow water, as this channel is very deep, only that on the Egyptian side it is somewhat shoaly close to the shore.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Both species are exceedingly numerous throughout the Amazons and its larger tributaries, but they are nowhere more plentiful than in the shoaly water at the mouth of the Tocantins, especially in the dry season.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

The watchful hero felt the knocks, and found The tossing vessel sail'd on shoaly ground.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil