Usually means: Containing or resembling small shale fragments.
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  1. shaly: Merriam-Webster
  2. shaly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shaly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shaly: Wordnik
  5. shaly: Wiktionary
  6. shaly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Shaly: Dictionary.com
  8. Shaly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. shaly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Shaly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. shaly: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Shaly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shaly: Encyclopedia

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  1. Shaly: Urban Dictionary

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  1. shaly: Canadian Soil Information System
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shaly)

▸ adjective:  Pertaining to or resembling shale.

Similar:
shaley, shalelike, clayey, shorelike, shingly, shardlike, shantylike, shadelike, slatelike, shawllike, more...

Opposite:
sandy, rocky, pebbly, stony

Adjectives:
more, thin, fine, soft, certain, grained

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Similar:
shaley, shalelike, clayey, shorelike, shingly, shardlike, shantylike, shadelike, slatelike, shawllike, more...

Opposite:
sandy, rocky, pebbly, stony

Adjectives:
more, thin, fine, soft, certain, grained



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