shadowy
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈʃædoʊi/
:
vago
- Her explanation was rather shadowy, making it hard to grasp what she really meant.
- shadowy figure
- shadowy networks
- shadowy existence
It's like you have this shadowy master who holds their, your fate in your hand.
- It's like you have this shadowy master who holds their, your fate in your hand.
- Big butterscotch armchair Naps Unlimited, the shadowy global cartel that controls walk in bathtubs.
- Gradually there are shadowy forms of people, some of them walking ghosts.
- Golly told the Freemasons we'd bring down Trump with a shadowy bureaucratic coup.
- Zoe is one of the eons up in the cloud and Eve is Zoe's represent kind of shadowy representation on Earth.
- But there is a he's an interesting kind of shadowy figure that I think plays a much bigger part in the Patriots success.
- I think he is skimming off the RNC and I think all of that will come to light because there's some journalists that are already piercing together these shadowy LLC's.
- All that becomes shadowy when presented with the possibility of getting your happiness through pursuing certain kinds of pleasures.
Examples
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The details of the plan remain shadowy, leaving everyone uncertain about its true intentions.
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Such questions were made more provocative by the enduring and rather shadowy role of oil companies in Iraq.
Academic text (2003) -
We move from a shadowy type of the claim closer to something much more like its truth.
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A shadowy flight into the dangerous world... of a man who does not exist.
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Eventually, a shadowy being could be seen as it took to the skies.
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John Booth remains a somewhat shadowy figure, but he is no longer a complete mystery.
Academic text (2018) -
Think of life as a shadowy place... crowded with people... who can't see each other very well.
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And although he's still alive, he's been a shadowy presence in my life.
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In the past month, these three shadowy individuals have all been seen snooping around three London landmarks.
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Ruby was a shadowy underworld figure who grew up working for Mafia leader Al Capone in Chicago.
Synonyms
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4.6
Not clear or detailed so you are unsure what is meant
14
8.0
Hard to understand or follow
12
3.5
A thought that is not clear or detailed
1
9.9
Having a thin, ghostlike appearance
Hard to understand because it is mysterious and unclear
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Shadowy is built from shadow ('dark shape') and -y ('like' or 'full of'), which gives a sense of not being solid. So a shadowy person or threat feels vague and unclear, more like a shape in the dark than a real thing.