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Dictionary definition for: Shadowy

1. (s) 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"

2. (s) 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"

3. (s) lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms" "a wraithlike column of smoke"

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