Definitions for shadowy

Definitions for (adj) shadowy

Main entry: shadowed, shadowy, shady, umbrageous

Definition: filled with shade

Usage: 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


Main entry: wraithlike, shadowy

Definition: lacking in substance

Usage: strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds- W.A.Butler; dim shadowy forms; a wraithlike column of smoke


Main entry: faint, shadowy, dim, vague, wispy

Definition: lacking clarity or distinctness

Usage: 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


Visual thesaurus for shadowy