shoaly

English

Etymology

shoal +‎ -y

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃəʊli/
Rhymes: -əʊli

Adjective

shoaly (comparative shoalier, superlative shoaliest)

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.

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