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
  • Trump narrowly won Nassau County in 2024, flipping it for Republicans for the first time in more than two decades.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In this fast-growing Florida Panhandle community — a county heavily reliant on immigrant labor for construction and tourism — the sheriff's office insists its role in the program is narrowly focused.
    — Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of narrowly
Adverb
  • Most social media platforms already have a minimum age to register an account, but governments, parents, and child safety advocates argue that these checks are easy to bypass and inadequately enforced.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Yet many still fail to reach their full potential because the directors are insufficiently engaged, inadequately challenged or possibly confined to narrow definitions of their role.
    — James Langabeer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of inadequately
Adverb
  • Rather than suffering because leaders acted imperfectly, organizations often suffer because leaders waited too long to act at all.
    — Irma Becerra, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Stories of first times, of big feelings imperfectly grasped, of life coming into focus for better or worse.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of imperfectly
Adverb
  • On a quest to grab one more ring, LeBron James will make his Philly debut on the same night the Knicks, the team that summarily swept the Sixers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, get their rings.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The comedy ran for 23 episodes and was then summarily canceled, despite the season finale drawing about 11 million viewers.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of summarily
Adverb
  • Tony Dalton brings impressive menace to a superficially affable sheriff, and Laura Donnelly strikes the perfect balance between femme fatale and innocent love interest.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
  • His brother and grandparents were injured, but only superficially.
    — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of superficially

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“Shallowly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallowly. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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