shoaly

English

Etymology

shoal +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃəʊli/
• Rhymes: -əʊli

Adjective

shoaly (comparative shoalier, superlative shoaliest)

1. Full of shoals, or shallows.
   • 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:

     The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground.

References

• “shoaly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.