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shad⋅ow⋅y
[shad-oh-ee] 
oʊ
–adjective, -ow⋅i⋅er, -ow⋅i⋅est.
| 1. | resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines. |
| 2. | unsubstantial, unreal, or illusory: shadowy preoccupations. |
| 3. | abounding in shadow; shady: a shadowy path. |
| 4. | enveloped in shadow. |
| 5. | casting a shadow. |
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| shad·ow·y (shād'ō-ē) adj. shad·ow·i·er, shad·ow·i·est
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Shadowy
Shad"ow*y\, a. 1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." --Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. --Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." --Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon . . . with more pleasing light, Shadowy sets off the face things. --Milton. 4. Faintly representative; hence, typical. From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit. --Milton. 5. Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor. Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death. --Addison.
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Language Translation for : shadowy
Spanish:
sombrío,
German:
dunkel,
Japanese:
影になった
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