shallow vs sly

shallow

adj
  • Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing. 

  • Not steep; close to horizontal. 

  • Not far forward, close to the net. 

  • Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide. 

  • Concerned mainly with superficial matters. 

  • Extending not far downward. 

  • Lacking interest or substance. 

noun
  • A costermonger's barrow. 

  • A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water. 

  • A fish, the rudd. 

verb
  • To make or become less deep. 

sly

adj
  • Light or delicate; slight; thin. 

  • Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle 

  • Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily. 

  • Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice 

adv
  • Slyly. 

How often have the words shallow and sly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )