Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHAL'LOW-NESS
SHAL'LOW-LYSHAL'LOW-SEARCH-ING
SHAL'LOW-NESS, n.
- Want of depth; small depth; as, the shallowness of water, of a river, of a stream.
- Superficialness of intellect; want of power to enter deeply into subjects; emptiness; silliness.
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