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shadowy

adjective

filled with shade

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
S
Ends with
Y
Contains
HA
Scrabble score
17
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈʃæd.oʊ.i

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. filled with shade

    “the shady side of the street”

adjective

  1. lacking in substance

    “{'source': 'W.A.Butler', 'text': 'strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds'}”

adjective

  1. lacking clarity or distinctness

    “a dim figure in the distance”

In context

Example Sentences

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
{'source': 'W.A.Butler', 'text': 'strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds'}
dim shadowy forms
a wraithlike column of smoke
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

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