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Meaning of 'shady' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shady [ superl.]
- Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
- Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
- Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt.

Meaning of 'shady' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shady [ s]
Meaning (1):
- not as expected
Example in sentence:
  • a shady deal;
  • her motives were suspect;
  • some definitely queer goings-on;
  • suspicious behavior;
  • there was something fishy about the accident;
  • up to some funny business
Meaning (2):
- quiet, dark, or concealed
Example in sentence:
  • a shady part of town;
  • her shady past intrigued him
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
Meaning (4):
- of questionable honesty or legality
Example in sentence:
  • He established a dummy company through which he laundered vast sums of cash from shady middlemen and arms dealers

Nearby Words:

shab shabbed shabbily shabbiness shabbing shabble shabby shabrack shack shackatory

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