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Meaning & Definition of Shadowy in English

English

Shadowy

/ʃædoʊi/

adjective

1. 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"
synonym:
  • shady,
  • shadowed,
  • shadowy,
  • umbrageous

2. 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"
synonym:
  • dim,
  • faint,
  • shadowy,
  • vague,
  • wispy

3. Lacking in substance

  • "Strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- w.a.butler
  • "Dim shadowy forms"
  • "A wraithlike column of smoke"
synonym:
  • shadowy,
  • wraithlike