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US
/ˈʃædoʊi/
]
[ UK /ʃˈædəʊi/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈædəʊi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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lacking clarity or distinctness
a dim figure in the distance
only a faint recollection
shadowy figures in the gloom
a few wispy memories of childhood
saw a vague outline of a building through the fog -
filled with shade
cool umbrageous woodlands
the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
the shady side of the street -
lacking in substance
dim shadowy forms
strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds
a wraithlike column of smoke
How To Use shadowy In A Sentence
- Chess takes the place of all the other passions, and the people in his life, including his parents, become shadowy, meaningless figures.
- Rising up off a stone bench that stood in a shadowy area out of the torchlight was a dark, robed figure. Dragons of Winter Night
- He stacked the books on pedestals, making three mysterious columns on one side of the shadowy gallery, two on the other.
- The story, though shadowy, is starting to form in my head, as are the protagonists and antagonists. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Is NaNo a NoNo?
- Loosely based on an old Montreal myth about a phantom ship and a shadowy captain (according to the poorly translated English press release), the maze is made up of five connected game zones.
- You could always join the 9/11 conspiracy mill and churn out another book or website dedicated to the allegation that the “EVIL” George Bush, Dick Cheney – or THE shadowy “right wing caba” is behind the horror of 9/11. Think Progress » Bartlett On Cancelled Maliki Meeting: ‘It Was Going To Be More Of A Social Meeting Anyway’
- Private investigators have traditionally been perceived as shadowy and devious.
- One theory is that ‘a male model was daubed with paint and wrapped in the sheet to create the shadowy figure of Christ.’
- I felt scorches on my arms, and I saw shadowy fingers enclosed around my forearms.
- A big, majestic study for this sculpture, in pastel, charcoal and acrylic on brown paper, finds two shadowy birds alighting, and a ghostly doubled head, its mouth stretched painfully wide.
