Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a shallow manner; with little depth; superficially; without depth of thought or judgment; not wisely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a shallow manner.
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- adverb In a
shallow manner, without depth.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a shallow manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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I researched her deeply, that is to say shallowly, in Vogue, in Seventeen, and in Mademoiselle Magazines.
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What we won’t have is the five-section behemoth covering a bunch of stuff equally shallowly, which is the somnolent state of the newspaper today and why they’re dying.
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But on the opposite end of the spectrum, those who fail to recognize or acknowledge the influence of these things and diminish their value and relevance, seeing them as unimportant and shallow, ironically, because they are looking at the matter itself far too shallowly.
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It is shallowly descriptive enough to capture the desired referent class, but at the same time normative enough to evoke some of the right values.
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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Everyone else was fantastic too, though shallowly, I kind of think that Patrick Wilson's too attractive to play Nite Owl.
We watched Watchmen | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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I know it's not good for my child to be around cigarette smoke so I go outside to smoke, but he still seems to cough and breathe shallowly when he's around me.
Asthma FAQs 2010
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It is shallowly descriptive enough to capture the desired referent class, but at the same time normative enough to evoke some of the right values.
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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It is shallowly descriptive enough to capture the desired referent class, but at the same time normative enough to evoke some of the right values.
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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If you want future readers to be afraid, you might purposely breathe shallowly for a while or literally sit on the edge of your seat.
How to Write Anything With Power and Passion « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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It is shallowly descriptive enough to capture the desired referent class, but at the same time normative enough to evoke some of the right values.
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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