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
Similar word(s): shaded, shadowed, shady, umbrageous
2. lacking clarity or distinctness
- shadowy figures in the gloom
Similar word(s): indistinct, dim, faint, vague, wispy
3. lacking in substance
- strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds
- dim shadowy forms
Similar word(s): insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial, wraithlike
Sentences with shadowy as an adjective:
- He sat in a shadowy corner.
- He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.