Synonyms

shadowed

American

[shad-ohd] / ˈʃæd oʊd /

adjective

Printing.

noting or pertaining to an ornamented type in which the embellishment is outside the character, especially one in which a black line at one side and at the top or bottom gives the effect of a cast shadow.

Other Word Forms

self-shadowed adjective

Etymology

Origin of shadowed

1350–1400 in general sense; Middle English; shadow, -ed ²

Example Sentences

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She set off down a shadowed path, wandering alone past obelisks, stone angels, and granite buildings in this city of the dead.

From Literature

But if a person is lucky enough to be chosen by a producer to be shadowed by their boss, they might be rewarded with, say, a surgery they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford.

From Salon

It has been shadowed by a legal dispute with the developer Michael Shvo, who attracted the club to its new premises.

From The Wall Street Journal

A Royal Navy patrol boat, HMS Dagger, shadowed the Grinch, as it passed through the Strait of Gibraltar.

From BBC

In the cool, dim light her back is as shadowed as the mountainside.

From Literature

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