shelvy
/ˈʃelvi/full of submerged reefs, sandbanks, or shoals, or sloping or inclining like a geologic shelf.
adjective [原级] 渐渐倾斜的，逐渐倾斜的
I had been drowned but that the shore was shallow and shelvy. 要不是岸边水浅和海岸成倾斜状我早就淹死了.
