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shadowy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wraithlike |
| Derivation | shadow |
strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds.
dim shadowy forms.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shadowed, shady, umbrageous |
| Derivation | shadow, shadowiness |
we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove.
Examples of shadowy
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The problem is finding that rare, shadowy middle ground that they will agree on.
From the economist.com
For every formal chain of command, there is a shadowy informal cabal of clerics.
From the philly.com
Did Richard Nixon grow his shadowy stubble, or did his shadowy stubble grow him?
From the time.com
They add to the alien, shadowy nature of this world we are being allowed to see.
From the denverpost.com
Charcoal or graphite drawings reveal it as a shadowy, somewhat industrial shape.
From the chron.com
One by one, the shadowy figures stand up, walk away and saunter down the street.
From the edition.cnn.com
The rest of the time he lurked in a shadowy, hotly pursued underground movement.
From the time.com
Americans vowed that the shadowy forces behind the attacks would not defeat us.
From the post-gazette.com
Small camp fires could be seen here and there between the shadowy ranks of trees.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Shady: 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"
- Dim: 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"
- Lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke"
- A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object. It occupies all of the space behind an opaque object with light in front of it. ...
- Full of or dark with shadow/Lacking substance; unsubstantial.
