shady meaning and definition

SHADY adjective

Definition of shady (adjective)

1. (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
   • "a shady operation"
   • synonyms: fly-by-night
2. of questionable taste or morality
   • "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
   • synonyms: louche
3. not as expected
   • "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
   • synonyms: fishy, funny, suspect, suspicious
4. 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, shadowy, umbrageous