adjective
- containing or covered with shells
- resembling or having the characteristics of a shell
Examples
- The shelly beach was difficult to walk on barefoot.
- We found a shelly deposit near the old riverbed.
- The limestone had a shelly texture from ancient marine fossils.
- Her collection included many shelly specimens from the coast.
- The shelly sand crunched under our feet as we walked.
- The geologist pointed out the shelly layers in the rock formation.