Meanings
- not comparableIn a shallow manner, without depth.
Female: Face subpolished, weakly rugose, rugae somewhat diverging, at sides sparsely and shallowly punctate; clypeus subpolished, less convex […]
1980, Joseph Kenneth Jonathan, The Isotima-complex (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), page 833 more examples
In an after-stroke, Lancelot brought his blade skidding down shallowly across Mordred's armor to nick his neck, the only exposed flesh on his body.
2003, J. Robert King, Lancelot Du Lethe, page 82Distress calls structures included multiharmonic shallowly modulated calls (A), calls with sideband modulations (B, C), and some calls with nonlinear phenomena (D).
2015 September 10, “Distress Calls of a Fast-Flying Bat ( Molossus molossus ) Provoke Inspection Flights but Not Cooperative Mobbing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOILeaves in a basal rosette and cauline, 0.5–7.5 (-9.5) × 0.1–2.2 cm; subsessile; blade narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, margin subentire to shallowly sinuate-dentate.
2015, Warren L. Wagner, Peter C. Hoch, James L. Zarucchi, “The correct name in Oenothera for Gaura drummondii (Onagraceae)”, in PhytoKeys, volume 64, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Polish płytko
- płytkoin a shallow manner
Russian ме́лко
- ме́лко (mélko)in a shallow manner
Ukrainian мі́лко
- мі́лко (mílko)in a shallow manner
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shallowly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shallowly
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