Definition of Shallower

1. Adjective. (comparative of shallow) ¹

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Definition of Shallower

1. shallow [adj] - See also: shallow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shallower

shallops
shallot
shallots
shallow
shallow-copy
shallow-draft
shallow-draught
shallow-fry
shallow-hearted
shallow-waisted
shallow breathing
shallow copy
shallow embedding
shallow fording
shallowed
shallower
shallowest
shallowing
shallowish
shallowly
shallowness
shallownesses
shallowpate
shallowpates
shallows
shallu
shalm
shalms
shalom
shalom aleichem

Literary usage of Shallower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"Shallower people are more apt to find other things. If the bonhommie of a man's genius is obvious to all the world, there are plenty of knowing ones ready ..."

2. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"Shallower people are more apt to find other things. If the bonhommie of a man's genius is obvious to all the world, there are plenty of knowing ones ready ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"... at a shallower depth than was expected, and deluged the hillside with oil. Live» were lost by brave workmen who, in order to close the valve, ..."

4. A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds by Richard. Owen (1846)
"dentine at its shallower commencement, and a second island of enamel is produced, as in the molar tooth figured by Cuvier, ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"... ot much shallower water. It appears, therefore, that the foundation of their still marvellous structures must be on rocks that do not reach the surface, ..."

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