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shady

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shad·y  (shd)
adj. shad·i·er, shad·i·est
1. Full of shade; shaded.
2. Casting shade: a shady grove.
3. Quiet, dark, or concealed; hidden.
4. Of dubious character or honesty; questionable. See Synonyms at dark.

shadi·ly adv.
shadi·ness n.

shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ]
adj shadier, shadiest
1. full of shade; shaded
2. affording or casting a shade
3. dim, quiet, or concealed
4. Informal dubious or questionable as to honesty or legality
shadily  adv
shadiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.shady - (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady operation"
untrustworthy, untrusty - not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"
2.shady - of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
3.shady - not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"
4.shadyshady - 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

shady
adjective
1. shaded, cool, shadowy, dim, leafy, bowery, bosky (literary), umbrageous After flowering, place the pot in a shady spot.
shaded bright, exposed, sunny, open, out in the open, sunlit, unshaded
2. (Informal) crooked, dodgy (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), unethical, suspect, suspicious, dubious, slippery, questionable, unscrupulous, fishy (informal), shifty, disreputable, untrustworthy Be wary of people who try to talk you into shady deals.
crooked straight, ethical, respectable, upright, honourable, honest, reputable, trustworthy, above-board
Translations
shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ] ADJ (shadier (compar) (shadiest (superl)))
1. (= shaded) [place] → sombreado
it's shady hereaquí hay sombra
under a shady treea la sombra de un árbol frondoso
2. (= dubious) [person] → dudoso; [deal] → turbio, chueco(Mex)
shady [ˈʃeɪdi] adj
[place, spot] → ombragé(e)
under a shady tree → à l'ombre d'un arbre
(= dishonest) [deal, business] → louche, véreux/euse; [financier, businessman, lawyer] → véreux/euse
shady
adj (+er)
placeschattig; tree, hatSchatten spendend
(inf: = of dubious honesty) → zwielichtig, zweifelhaft; he has a shady paster hat eine dunkle Vergangenheit; to be on the shady side of the lawdunkle Geschäfte treiben; on the shady side of forty (US inf) → vierzig vorbei (inf); there’s something shady about itda ist etwas faul dran (inf)
shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (place) → ombreggiato/a; (tree) → ombroso/a (fig) (person, deal) → losco/a, equivoco/a
shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (place) → ombreggiato/a; (tree) → ombroso/a (fig) (person, deal) → losco/a, equivoco/a


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The seventh road was a good road, and curved this way and that--winding through green meadows and fields covered with daisies and buttercups and past groups of shady trees.
In this scrap-book is such testimony relating to my shady side, as I have within the past ten years been able to cut from the columns of my competitors in the business of elevating humanity to a higher plane of mind and morals - my 'loathsome contemporaries.
He can picnic in shady woods, ramble through leafy aisles, and linger on mossy seats to watch the sunset.
 
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