NOUN
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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 -
questionable honesty or legality
they acted with such obvious shadiness that they were instantly recognizable
the shadiness of their transactions
How To Use shadiness In A Sentence
- There was much shadiness in his management of those accounts.
- The practical implications surrounding the shadiness of the category of ‘social identity’ often pertain to information concerning public figures.
- When it comes to selecting plants, quantifying the level of shadiness can be confusing. Times, Sunday Times
- there's too much shadiness to take good photographs
- If you're that sure that something's amiss, isn't the ‘evidence’ (inattention, shadiness, sparklessness, whatever) that led you - legally - to that conclusion sufficient?
- Yet the appearance of shadiness, in itself, is a problem. Times, Sunday Times
- I think these designs are great, but the shadiness behind it all is a bit of a putoff. Andy Awesome | clusterflock
- All three characters are contrasts in vulnerability and disturbing shadiness. Times, Sunday Times
- they acted with such obvious shadiness that they were instantly recognizable
- the shadiness of their transactions