— shallowly , adv. — shallowness , n.
/shal"oh/ , adj., shallower, shallowest , n., adv., v.
adj.
1. of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
2. lacking depth; superficial: a mind that is not narrow but shallow.
3. taking in a relatively small amount of air in each inhalation: shallow breathing.
4. Baseball. relatively close to home plate: The shortstop caught the pop fly in shallow left field.
n.
5. Usually, shallows . ( used with a sing. or pl. v. ) a shallow part of a body of water; shoal.
adv.
6. Baseball. at a shallow position: With the pitcher up, the outfielders played shallow.
v.t. , v.i.
7. to make or become shallow.
[ 1350-1400; ME schalowe (adj.); akin to OE sceald shallow (see SHOAL 1 ) ]