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adj. - Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.

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Usage examples (27)
  • I had been drowned, but that the shore was shelvy and shallow, — a death that I abhor; for the water swells
  • I proceeded slowly along the road, the lake below me on my right hand, whilst the shelvy side of Snowdon rose above me on the left.
  • I have said before very shelvy; still as she went her eyes were directed towards the wall, which was not always very easy to be seen, for thorns, tall nettles and...
  • I had been drowned, but that the shore was shelvy and shallow, -- a death that
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