shadowy B1 Topic:Senses & Perception 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Senses & Perception External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # shadowy **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈʃæd.əʊ.i/ **Frequency rank:** 25143 ## Meanings 1. Full of shadows; dark and hard to see in. 2. Mysterious and not fully known or understood. ## Examples - He sat in a shadowy corner of the room. - The deal involved a shadowy group of investors. ## Derived Forms - shadowily - shadowiness - unshadowy ## Related Forms - umbral - umbrous ## Roots and Affixes - Root: schadwy ## Etymology From Middle English schadwy, schadowy, equivalent to shadow + -y. ## Topics - Senses & Perception markdown