Meaning & use
Shaley
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Resembling, containing, or consisting of shale, a fine-grained sedimentary rock.
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The trail cut through shaley slopes that crumbled underfoot.
Geologists noted the shaley texture of the riverbank sediment.
A note on using this word
An adjective formed from the noun 'shale' plus '-y,' commonly used in geology to describe soil or rock texture.
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shale-like
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