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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals;
- Example: "reefy shallows"
- Example: "shoaly waters"
[syn: reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shelvy \Shelv"y\, a. Sloping gradually; shelving. [1913 Webster] The shore was shelving and shallow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shelvy adj 1: full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters" [syn: reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly]