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Meaning of 'shadowy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shadowy [ a.]
- Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
- Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
- Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
- Faintly representative; hence, typical.
- Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.

Meaning of 'shadowy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shadowy [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lacking clarity or distinctness
Example in sentence:
  • a dim figure in the distance;
  • a few wispy memories of childhood;
  • only a faint recollection;
  • saw a vague outline of a building through the fog;
  • shadowy figures in the gloom
Meaning (2):
- lacking in substance
Example in sentence:
  • a wraithlike column of smoke;
  • dim shadowy forms;
  • strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds
Meaning (3):
- filled with shade
Example in sentence:
  • cool umbrageous woodlands;
  • the shady side of the street;
  • the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed;
  • we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove

Nearby Words:

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