shadowy | ||
1. | [ adjective ] filled with shade | |
Synonyms: | shadowed umbrageous shady | |
Examples: | "the shady side of the street" "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed" "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove" "cool umbrageous woodlands" |
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Related terms: | shaded | |
2. | [ adjective ] lacking clarity or distinctness | |
Synonyms: | faint dim vague wispy | |
Examples: | "a dim figure in the distance" "only a faint recollection" "shadowy figures in the gloom" "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog" "a few wispy memories of childhood" |
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Related terms: | indistinct | |
3. | [ adjective ] lacking in substance | |
Synonyms: | wraithlike | |
Examples: | "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler "dim shadowy forms" "a wraithlike column of smoke" |
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Related terms: | insubstantial | |
Similar spelling: |
shadow shad Shead shady Shadd shoddy shod shed shahadah shoed shoat Shedd shade |