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shady
/ ˈʃɪɪ /
adjective
- full of shade; shaded
- affording or casting a shade
- dim, quiet, or concealed
- informal.dubious or questionable as to honesty or legality
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱, adverb
- ˈ徱Ա, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- i· adverb
- i·Ա noun
- un·i· adverb
- un·i·Ա noun
- ܲ·y adjective
Idioms and Phrases
- on the shady side of, Informal. beyond (the specified age); more than:
on the shady side of 40.
Example Sentences
The man seems destined to do something shady or stupid or both.
If it's not clear how hyping shady supplements and sharing recipes contributes to the feminist project of fighting for gender equality, that's because it's not.
Dude’s nefarious and slimy and anything shady seems to have to do with him.
Blake: I have to believe Frank is some sort of shady underworld connection Rick met while doing “this and that.”
A waterfall and swimmable creek nestled in a shady canyon is a Southern California unicorn.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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