SHADOWY


Meaning of SHADOWY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃædoʊi ]

1.

A shadowy place is dark or full of shadows.

I watched him from a shadowy corner.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

A shadowy figure or shape is someone or something that you can hardly see because they are in a dark place.

...a tall, shadowy figure silhouetted against the pale wall.

ADJ : ADJ n

3.

You describe activities and people as shadowy when very little is known about them.

...the shadowy world of spies.

= mysterious

ADJ

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