US /ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/ UK /ˈʃæd.əʊ.i/
adj Freq #25143

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Full of shadows; dark and hard to see in.

    He sat in a shadowy corner of the room.

  2. 2
    adj

    Mysterious and not fully known or understood.

    The deal involved a shadowy group of investors.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · mysterious and not fully... faint
Word family
Forms shadowiershadowiest
Derived forms shadowilyshadowinessunshadowy
Related forms umbralumbrous

Etymology

From Middle English schadwy, schadowy, equivalent to shadow + -y.

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