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Shadowy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Shadowy? [adj] 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" [adj] lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke" [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Shadowy: dim \| faint \| indistinct \| insubstantial \| shaded \| shadowed \| shady \| umbrageous \| unreal \| unsubstantial \| vague \| wispy \| wraithlike Related Terms \| Find terms related to Shadowy: See Also \| Shadowy In Webster's Dictionary \Shad"ow*y\, a. 1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. ``Shadowy verdure.'' --Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. --Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. ``The shadowy past.'' --Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon . . . with more pleasing light, Shadowy sets off the face things. --Milton. 4. Faintly representative; hence, typical. From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit. --Milton. 5. Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor. Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death. --Addison.

Shadowy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shadowy?

[adj] 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"
[adj] lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke"
[adj] 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"

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Shadowy In Webster's Dictionary

\Shad"ow*y\, a.
1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
   ``Shadowy verdure.'' --Fenton.

         This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. --Shak.

2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. ``The shadowy past.''
   --Longfellow.

3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light.

         The moon . . . with more pleasing light, Shadowy
         sets off the face things.             --Milton.

4. Faintly representative; hence, typical.

         From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit.
                                               --Milton.

5. Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.

         Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a
         shadowy and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin
         and Death.                            --Addison.

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