(a.) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
(a.) Full of strata of rock.
Example Sentences:
(1) Which is what makes the Primark protests, or the Tesco shelfie campaign, or the UK Uncut rallies so splendidly aggravating – because they undercut the multimillion-pound marketing with point of sale information about poverty pay for shop staff or high-street tax dodging.
(2) Newly announced product, Gmail Shelfie: a shareable selfie service .
Shelvy
Definition:
(a.) Sloping gradually; shelving.
Example Sentences:
(1) Because of my faith my response is, ‘how could I not?’ God calls us into the places of suffering.” I asked Shelvis and Nancy about US pastors and missionary churches funding and supporting anti-gay legislation in Uganda.
(2) Shelvis, for his part, said that “many religious leaders in South Sudan would say homosexuality does not exist in the country” and “there’s a certain deference that I need to have for conversations being had here, and be respectful of those.” However, Shelvis stressed, “regardless of an individual’s particular viewpoint on homosexuality, as Christians living in a broken world, we have to be careful to match our zeal for our faith with the same standard of compassion, love and mercy that Christ offered to those whom opposed his views.” Hunter Farrell, World Mission director for the Presbyterian Church USA, tells me that the church pays seven missionaries in Sudan and South Sudan.
(3) In the small town of Yei, in southern South Sudan , missionary reverend Shelvis Smith-Mather closed his eyes and prayed.
(4) Both Shelvis and Nancy are deeply aware of the historical baggage associated with missionary work.
(5) Photograph: Antony Loewenstein for the Guardian But not all missionaries in Africa are as understanding as Shelvis and Nancy – something made clear when considering how belief and homosexuality collide across the continent.