SHALLOWLY Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

shallowly

adverb

Definition of shallowly

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

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Nairobi narrowly lost out on hosting in 2025 due to infrastructure concerns, but has since conducted significant renovations on the Kasarani Stadium, which will host the athletes.

— Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
People walking on the boardwalk narrowly evaded getting hit, with one woman jumping over the railing just in time before the car sped by.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of narrowly

Adverb

The case went before Carter, who also oversees a six-year-old case in which the city and county are accused of inadequately addressing homelessness.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Beatty has challenged the board’s plan to close the Kennedy Center for two years, arguing its initial decision was rushed and inadequately considered.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of inadequately

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The department exists to preserve some semblance of equal justice in the United States — imperfectly, haltingly, often overbearingly for some and cautiously for others — and help ensure that the nation is governed by the rule of law.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of imperfectly

Adverb

Maybe removing Joel Shapiro's Blue so summarily from its perch at the Kennedy Center will make people even more eager to seek out the towering figure who caused such a stir.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026
The following year, Move Forward was summarily dissolved—the fifth major opposition party to meet this fate—and the Constitutional Court banned Pita from political office for ten years.

— Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of summarily

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First, a few enthusiastic teams shipped generative AI and agentic AI features fast and superficially, creating real second-order risk—which is why the AI productivity function exists today.

— Ankur Pal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Further, conditions such as major depressive disorder and schizophrenia likely have several subgroups that superficially resemble each other but develop through different mechanisms and pathways.

— Anand Kumar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026

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