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- adjective Somewhat shallow.
Etymologies
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shallow + -ish
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Examples
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N.E. and S.W., and leads from the deep water outside the Goodwins into the inmost recesses of the Sands; that is, into a shallowish bay called
Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor
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Accordingly, with well-intentioned kindliness, but shallowish wisdom, and most questionable propriety, Maria was persuaded to believe that her father had hem'd and haw'd a little, had objected no doubt to Henry's lack of money, but would certainly, on second thoughts, consider the affair more favourably:
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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