Found 2 items, similar to shelvy.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shelvy
shelvy
adj : full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals;
“reefy
shallows”;
“shoaly waters” [syn:
reefy,
shelfy,
shoaly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shelvy
Shelvy
\Shelv"y\, a.
Sloping gradually; shelving.
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The shore was shelving and shallow. --Shak.
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