shoaly

1. 1.

   full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals

   “reefy shallows”

   “shoaly waters”

   Synonymsreefyshelfyshelvy

   Similarshallow

Questions about shoaly

What does shoaly mean?

shoaly means "full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals".

How many syllables are in shoaly?

shoaly has 3 syllables: sho-a-ly. The stress falls on "sho".

What is another word for shoaly?

Close synonyms include reefy, shelfy, shelvy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shoaly a common word?

shoaly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.