Meanings
adjectiveshoaly (comparative shoalier, superlative shoaliest)
comparative shoalier · superlative shoaliest
- Full of shoals, or shallows.
The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with shoaly
holyslowlypolywhollyfoleygoalieRowleyunholylowlyravioliguacamolemolyholeyaioliAnatolibolicannolianolecarnarolicoalyEgolifor the love of all that is holyin the name of all that is holypasta e fagioli
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shoaly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoaly
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“shoaly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoaly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoaly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoaly.
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