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shallower


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shallow  \Shal"low\,  a.  [Compar.  {Shallower};  superl. 
  {Shallowest}.]  [OE.  schalowe  probably  originally,  sloping  or 
  shelving;  cf  Icel.  skj[=a]lgr  wry,  squinting,  AS  sceolh  D. 
  &  G.  scheel,  OHG.  schelah.  Cf  {Shelve}  to  slope,  {Shoal} 
  shallow.] 
  1.  Not  deep;  having  little  depth;  shoal.  ``Shallow  brooks, 
  and  rivers  wide.''  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Not  deep  in  tone.  [R.] 
 
  The  sound  perfecter  and  not  so  shallow  and  jarring. 
  --Bacon. 
 
  3.  Not  intellectually  deep;  not  profound;  not  penetrating 
  deeply;  simple;  not  wise  or  knowing;  ignorant; 
  superficial;  as  a  shallow  mind;  shallow  learning. 
 
  The  king  was  neither  so  shallow,  nor  so  ill 
  advertised,  as  not  to  perceive  the  intention  of  the 
  French  king.  --Bacon. 
 
  Deep  versed  in  books,  and  shallow  in  himself. 
  --Milton. 




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