adjective
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full of shade; shaded
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affording or casting a shade
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dim, quiet, or concealed
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informal dubious or questionable as to honesty or legality
Other Word Forms
- shadily adverb
- shadiness noun
- unshadily adverb
- unshadiness noun
- unshady adjective
Etymology
Origin of shady
Example Sentences
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With borrowed money and shady partners, Duer bought and sold huge quantities of stocks and bonds.
From Barron's
With borrowed money and shady partners, Duer bought and sold huge quantities of stocks and bonds.
From Barron's
The professional rivalries are real, as J.D. finds when his hiring as Sacred Heart’s new chief of medicine gains him a nemesis in Joel Kim Booster’s wonderfully shady Dr. Eric Park.
From Salon
It was cool and shady along the banks of the slough and there was plenty of green grass.
From Literature
Some shady providers make money by logging and selling your browsing data, which kind of defeats the whole purpose of using a VPN.
From Salon
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