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adv. - In a not deep manner; In a manner not penetrating farther than the easily or quickly apprehended

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  • Adjective : shallow water. ,a mind that is not narrow but shallow. ,shallow breathing. ,The shortstop caught the pop fly in shallow left field
  • Adverb : With the pitcher up, the outfielders played shallow
  • I researched her deeply, that is to say shallowly, in Vogue, in Seventeen, and in Mademoiselle Magazines.
  • His chest was still rising and falling, shallowly.
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