adjective
- full of shoals; having many shallow areas or sandbanks
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The captain avoided the shoaly waters near the coast.
- Navigation was difficult in the shoaly bay.
- The shoaly harbor required an experienced pilot.
- Small boats could navigate the shoaly inlet safely.
- The fishermen knew which areas were too shoaly for larger vessels.
- Charts showed the shoaly regions marked in yellow.