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Shadowiness

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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.
shadow·i·ly adv.
shadow·i·ness n.
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Noun1.Shadowinessshadowiness - relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"
shade, shadiness
semidarkness - partial darkness
shadow - shade within clear boundaries


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There was just that shadowiness about them which you find in people whose lives are part of the social organism, so that they exist in it and by it only.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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