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Shingly

Shingly \Shin"gly\, a. Abounding with shingle, or gravel.

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shingly

a. covered (or mostly covered) with shingle or small pebbles

WordNet
shingly

adj. abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach" [syn: gravelly, pebbly]

Usage examples of "shingly".

I resented the topless sunbathers, the palm trees and aloe vera plants, the shingly beaches and the exquisite blue sea, the casino and the hotels, the villas on the hills, the skyscraper apartment blocks, the suntanned youths on motorbikes, the wind surfers and paraskiers, the speedboats, pedalos and beach huts.

It grows on sandy and shingly beaches, mostly on the east coast, but it is very common in the warmer parts of Europe and also in Northern Africa and Western Asia.