1
a
: of the nature of or resembling a shadow
b
: faintly perceptible : indistinct
2
: being in or obscured by shadow
deep shadowy interiors
3
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b
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Examples of shadowy in a Sentence
She was pursued by a shadowy figure.
He had only a shadowy idea of what they wanted him to do.
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This being a Cronenberg production, there are elements of body horror, but there’s also a conspiracist undercurrent, as Karsh (Vincent Cassel) begins to suspect that shadowy forces are undercutting his expansion plans after his cemetery is ransacked.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 18 May 2024
The county’s only city, Oxford, is about an hour from London’s Paddington Station by train and feels like the set of a moody, dark academia film with aristocratic architecture lifted from antiquity, shadowy lanes, and bookish students flitting off to tutorials.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024
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Brent Lang, Variety, 18 May 2024
The county’s only city, Oxford, is about an hour from London’s Paddington Station by train and feels like the set of a moody, dark academia film with aristocratic architecture lifted from antiquity, shadowy lanes, and bookish students flitting off to tutorials.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024
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“Shadowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shadowy. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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shadowy
adjective
shad·owy
ˈshad-ə-wē 
1
a
: not realistic
shadowy dreams of glory
b
: dim as a shadow
the shadowy area between good and bad
2
: full of shade
a shadowy lane
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