Crossword clues for shallowest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
Not deep; having little depth; shoal. ``Shallow brooks, and rivers wide.''
--Milton.-
Not deep in tone. [R.]
The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring.
--Bacon. -
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.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: shallow)
Usage examples of "shallowest".
At the same time, precisely because Gaia is the shallowest of all living social holons, it is exactly the most fundamental.
Since Vance's death, she had held a small part of herself sealed off from the world, protected against hurt, allowing even those closest to her only the shallowest portion of her love.
She had chosen it as the safest course in life, but there were still times when she longed for someone to whom she could talk without guarding all but her shallowest layers.
But even if he were only taking the shallowest form of comfort from her, that of sexual release, she loved him enough to give him whatever he needed from her, without question.
She averted her eyes from the unnatural glow that hovered, that danced upon the waters—used paddle and pole alternately, knowing that she must go this way, that the channels near Anla's great rise would be shallowest, where once the ancient Road had run.
Then he began to seek the other side of the channel, using the staff to probe the shallowest way.
She averted her eyes from the unnatural glow that hovered, that danced upon the waters-used paddle and pole alternately, knowing that she must go this way, that the channels near Anla’s great rise would be shallowest, where once the ancient Road had run.
I let Didir tune my eyes to their keenest and watched, to see the slow, slow rise of chests over the shallowest of breaths.
I could see his chest move, tiny, tiny movements, the shallowest of breaths.
Palomas, which is some ten miles in length, is unapproachable for half a mile on either side by any but the shallowest craft save at its eastern end, where, completely commanding the narrow passage out to sea, stands the massive fort which the buccaneers had found deserted upon their coming.