shallowly

adverb

Definition of shallowlynext
as in narrowly

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Recent Examples of shallowly Young and shallowly rooted plants are the most impacted by heat and drought, leaving them vulnerable to diseases and pests. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 Avoid watering frequently and shallowly as this will worsen the condition. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026 Water plants slowly and deeply, rather than quickly and shallowly. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026 Habitat and botanical characteristics Minari grows best where the ground stays consistently moist or shallowly flooded. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026 The infamous gossip blogger took to social media over the weekend to share a video of himself breathing shallowly in a hospital bed, with a tube of oxygen hooked up through his nostrils. — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026 Screen or email apnea happens when someone unconsciously holds their breath or breathes more shallowly while looking at their screen to answer emails or texts, explained Dora Kamau, lead mindfulness and meditation teacher at Headspace. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Feb. 2026 Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder in which people briefly stop breathing or breath very shallowly during sleep, multiple times per hour. — Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Oct. 2025 Yet another approach is to merely and shallowly describe the persona based on your overall semblance of the person. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shallowly
  1. narrowly
  2. inadequately
  3. imperfectly
  4. summarily
  5. superficially
Adverb
  • Instead, city staff could first more narrowly issue an order to repair a dilapidated historic building and then expedite approval for those repairs on the back end, without needing a hearing through the Historic Preservation Commission.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Exxon shares retreated about 2% in premarket trading on Friday as it’s adjusted per-share profit narrowly missed forecasts.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Definition of narrowly
Adverb
  • Without the federal government as a consistent partner, local efforts are inadequately supported.
    — Monitor Reader, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026
  • Indian troops were deployed to thwart Chinese advances but were reportedly inadequately supplied, underprepared, and overwhelmed.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026
Definition of inadequately
Adverb
  • But the legal system’s binary standard—sane and guilty, or insane and not—fits imperfectly with human intuitions about culpability in tragedies like the Clancys’.
    — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • What kept her was the counselor who showed up imperfectly but consistently, who was unfinished and stayed anyway.
    — Laide Alexander, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of imperfectly
Adverb
  • The mass crossings came in the wake of a recent ruling by Spain’s Supreme Court that authorities cannot summarily deport migrants who arrive by sea without due process.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities in both Ceuta and Madrid linked it to a recent decision by Spain’s Supreme Court that ruled migrants arriving by sea could not be summarily deported, unlike those who cross by land or climb the border fence.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 31 July 2026
Definition of summarily
Adverb
  • Unlike traditional microneedling, which uses metal needles inserted and withdrawn, spicules embed superficially and shed with normal skin turnover over a few days.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
  • Many of the devices employed during segregation, such as poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and literacy tests, were superficially race-neutral.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
Definition of superficially

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“Shallowly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallowly. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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