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shadowy

adj
/ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/US/ˈʃæd.əʊ.i/UK

Etymology

From Middle English schadwy, schadowy, equivalent to shadow + -y.

  1. inherited from schadwy

Definitions

  1. In shadow

    In shadow; darkened by shadows.

    • He sat in a shadowy corner.

  2. Dark, obscure.

    • He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
    • But the most frequent guests were as New York magazine put it, “Arab princes, Third World officials, and shadowy European and American businessmen.

  3. Vague, dim, unclear, faint.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Indulging in fancies

      Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.

The neighborhood

Derived

shadowily, shadowiness, unshadowy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at shadowy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at shadowy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at shadowy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA