adj
Meaning 1
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He sat in a shadowy corner.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shadowy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃæd.əʊ.i/
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CMU ARPABET: SH AE1 D OW0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Dark, obscure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Vague, dim, unclear, faint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
filled with shade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shady, shadowed, umbrageous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
lacking in substance- W.A.Butler
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds
- dim shadowy forms
- a wraithlike column of smoke
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wraithlike
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
lacking clarity or distinctness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dim, faint, vague, wispy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English schadwy, schadowy, equivalent to shadow + -y.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: skaduagtig — of or pertaining to shadow
- Afrikaans: skaduweeagtig — of or pertaining to shadow
- Bulgarian: сенчест (senčest) — of or pertaining to shadow
- Esperanto: ombreca — of or pertaining to shadow
- Estonian: hämar — of or pertaining to shadow
- Finnish: hämärä — of or pertaining to shadow
- French: sombre — of or pertaining to shadow
- German: schattig — of or pertaining to shadow
- Ancient Greek: ἀμαυρός (amaurós) — of or pertaining to shadow
- Irish: foscúil — of or pertaining to shadow
- Irish: scáthach — of or pertaining to shadow
- Italian: ombroso — of or pertaining to shadow
- Latin: obscūrus — of or pertaining to shadow
- Latin: umbrōsus — of or pertaining to shadow
- Middle English: schadwy — of or pertaining to shadow
- Old English: gesceadlīc — of or pertaining to shadow
- Old English: sceadiht — of or pertaining to shadow
- Polish: cienisty — of or pertaining to shadow
- Russian: тёмный (tjómnyj) — of or pertaining to shadow
- Russian: затенённый (zatenjónnyj) — of or pertaining to shadow
- Russian: хму́рый (xmúryj) — of or pertaining to shadow
- Southern Altai: кӧлӧткӱлӱ (kölötkülü) — of or pertaining to shadow
- Spanish: sombroso — of or pertaining to shadow
- Spanish: sombreado — of or pertaining to shadow
- Spanish: sombrío — of or pertaining to shadow
- Spanish: umbroso — of or pertaining to shadow
- Spanish: umbrío — of or pertaining to shadow
- Afrikaans: skaduagtig — Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image
- Afrikaans: skaduweeagtig — Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image
- Bulgarian: смътен (smǎten) — Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image
- Bulgarian: неясен (nejasen) — Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image
- Māori: whakawairua — Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image
- Russian: смутный (smútnyj) — Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image