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shingly

[ shing-glee ]

adjective

  1. consisting of or covered with small, waterworn stones or pebbles.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shingly1

First recorded in 1765–75; shingle 2 + -y 1
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Example Sentences

She first tried cold water swimming in September this year, stepping over the shingly sands and into the Thames Estuary.

Every year, it is washed down from higher up in the mountains and finds its way to bedrock, which, in the case of the Bear River, is a very shingly riverbed.

The common tern and the greater sand-plover nested on the shingly islands in the river.

The tide was coming in slowly and imperceptibly, and rippling like silver bells on the shingly beach.

She was there, her hands touched his, she walked beside him up the shingly path.

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