shadowy (redirected from shadowier)

shad·ow·y  (shd-)

adj. shad·ow·i·er, shad·ow·i·est

1. Relating to or resembling a shadow.

2. Full of or dark with shadow. See Synonyms at dark.

3. Lacking distinctness; faint.

4. Lacking substance; unsubstantial.

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shadow·i·ly adv.

shadow·i·ness n.

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shadowy [ˈʃædəʊɪ]

adj

1. full of shadows; dark; shady

2. resembling a shadow in faintness; vague

3. illusory or imaginary

4. mysterious or secretive a shadowy underworld figure

shadowiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	shadowy - filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands" shadowed, umbrageous, shady shaded - protected from heat and light with shade or shadow; "shaded avenues"; "o'er the shaded billows rushed the night"- Alexander Pope
	2.	shadowy - lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" dim, faint, wispy, vague indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
	3.	shadowy - lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke" wraithlike insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal - lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"

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shadowy

adjective

1. dark, shaded, dim, gloomy, shady, obscure, murky, dusky, funereal, crepuscular, tenebrous, tenebrious I watched him from a shadowy corner.

2. vague, indistinct, faint, ghostly, obscure, dim, phantom, imaginary, unreal, intangible, illusory, spectral, undefined, nebulous, dreamlike, impalpable, unsubstantial, wraithlike the shadowy shape of a big barge loaded with logs

Translations

shadowy [ˈʃædəʊɪ] ADJ

1. (= ill-lit) → oscuro, tenebroso; (= blurred) → indistinto, vago, indefinido
a shadowy form → un bulto, una sombra

2. (= mysterious) → oscuro, misterioso
the shadowy world of espionage → el oscuro or misterioso mundo del espionaje

shadowy [ˈʃædəʊi] adj

(= shadowed) [place, area] → ombragé(e)

(= indistinct) [figure, presence] → indistinct(e)

shadowy

adj → schattig; (= blurred) outline, form → schattenhaft, verschwommen; (= vague) thought, fear → unbestimmt, vage; a shadowy figure (lit) → eine schemenhafte Gestalt; (fig) → eine undurchsichtige Gestalt; the shadowy world of espionage → die dunkle Welt der Spionage; a shadowy existence → ein undurchsichtiges Dasein

shadowy [ˈʃædəʊɪ] adj (form, figure) → indistinto/a, vago/a; (place) → pieno/a di ombre