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Meanings of shallowly in English

In a superficial manner.

Usage of shallowly in English
1
He glanced over at his friend, who was breathing shallowly and laboriously.
The talisman
2
It was breathing shallowly, wheezing gasps whistling through its many vicious teeth.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
3
In my arms he was breathing shallowly, his eyes closed, and smiling.
The dream of perpetual motion
4
Her eyes were unfocused and she was breathing shallowly but very fast.
On Stranger Tides
5
Garrett gasped, breathing in shallowly against the sudden recoil in his stomach.
Book of shadows
6
Duane waited, breathing shallowly through his mouth, his thumb on the safety.
Summer of Night
7
Grace stepped back, her mouth half-open and moist, breathing rapidly and shallowly.
Rage
8
She felt the lance tip drive shallowly into the reaver's crystalline skull.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
9
She was still breathing shallowly; there was no ocular reflex yet.
Jurassic Park
10
The river here is pouting through the gorges, or shallowly meandering the meads.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution / A Course of Lectures in History, G...
11
She wheezed as she breathed shallowly, unable to draw much air.
The Lair of Bones
12
But Henry was trembling uncontrollably, breathing rapidly and shallowly, unable to calm himself.
Breathless
13
She waited, breathing shallowly, for the log in page to appear.
The Fireman
14
They followed the narrow walkway beside the canal, breathing shallowly against the stench.
The bone palace
15
The presence of a stranger roused her sharply but shallowly from her reverie.
Long time coming: a novel
16
He studies the roof, breathing shallowly in the blast furnace heat.
The windup girl
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Shallowly through the time
Shallowly across language varieties
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