shady C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈʃeɪdi/ UK /ˈʃeɪdi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj giving shade, or of doubtful honesty or legality They sat in the shady corner of the garden to escape the heat. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · giving shade, or of... shadedshadowydimdubioussuspiciousdisreputable ↔ Opposites sunnybrightreputablehonest Word family Derived forms shadilyshadiness Related forms shadeshadow Etymology AI details From shade plus the adjectival suffix -y; shade is from Old English sceadu ('shade, shadow'), from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz. sceadu Old English *skadwaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # shady **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈʃeɪdi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈʃeɪdi/ ## Meanings 1. giving shade, or of doubtful honesty or legality ## Examples - They sat in the shady corner of the garden to escape the heat. ## Synonyms - shaded - shadowy - dim - dubious - suspicious - disreputable ## Antonyms - sunny - bright - reputable - honest ## Derived Forms - shadily - shadiness ## Related Forms - shade - shadow ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sceadu - Root: *skadwaz ## Etymology From shade plus the adjectival suffix -y; shade is from Old English sceadu ('shade, shadow'), from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz. ## AI Etymology Shady comes from shade plus the adjectival suffix -y; shade is from Old English sceadu ('shade, shadow'), from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz. The historical chain includes Old English sceadu and Proto-Germanic *skadwaz. The quoted older sense, "shade, shadow," supplies the immediate semantic anchor for shady. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word shady carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "giving shade, or of doubtful honesty or legality". English derivatives include shadily and shadiness; related English forms include shade and shadow. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown