shadowy meaning and definition

SHADOWY adjective

Definition of shadowy (adjective)

1. filled with shade
   • "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
   • synonyms: shadowed, shady, umbrageous
2. lacking clarity or distinctness
   • "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
   • synonyms: dim, faint, vague, wispy
3. lacking in substance
   • "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke"
   • synonyms: wraithlike