shadowy

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/ UK /ˈʃæd.əʊ.i/ See IPA manual

Freq #25143

Meanings

1

adj
Full of shadows; dark and hard to see in.

He sat in a shadowy corner of the room.
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.

schadwy Middle English

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Describing Qualities

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