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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.shadowyshadowy - 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"
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"
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"
insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal - lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"

shadowy
adjective
1. dark, shaded, dim, gloomy, shady, obscure, murky, dusky, funereal, crepuscular, tenebrous, tenebrious I watched him from a shadowy corner.
Translations
shadowy [ˈʃædəʊɪ] ADJ
1. (= ill-lit) → oscuro, tenebroso; (= blurred) → indistinto, vago, indefinido
a shadowy formun bulto, una sombra
2. (= mysterious) → oscuro, misterioso
the shadowy world of espionageel oscuro or misterioso mundo del espionaje
shadowy [ˈʃædəʊi] adj
(= shadowed) [place, area] → ombragé(e)
(= indistinct) [figure, presence] → indistinct(e)
shadowy
adjschattig; (= blurred) outline, formschattenhaft, verschwommen; (= vague) thought, fearunbestimmt, vage; a shadowy figure (lit)eine schemenhafte Gestalt; (fig)eine undurchsichtige Gestalt; the shadowy world of espionagedie dunkle Welt der Spionage; a shadowy existenceein undurchsichtiges Dasein
shadowy [ˈʃædəʊɪ] adj (form, figure) → indistinto/a, vago/a; (place) → pieno/a di ombre
shadowy [ˈʃædəʊɪ] adj (form, figure) → indistinto/a, vago/a; (place) → pieno/a di ombre


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When he buttoned the collar in front, its points served to cover the cheeks, chin and mouth were buried in its depths, and a close scrutiny revealed only shadowy eyes and a little less shadowy nose.
It moved her to dreams, to thoughtfulness, to the shadowy anguish which had overcome her the midnight when she had abandoned herself to tears.
I engage with the Snark--every night after dark-- In a dreamy delirious fight: I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes, And I use it for striking a light:
 
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