3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shady \Shad"y\, a. [Compar. {Shadier}; superl. {Shadiest}.]
1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade;
causing shade.
The shady trees cover him with their shadow. --Job.
xl 22.
And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. --Dryden.
2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for
summer and warm for winter. --Bacon.
3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence unfit to be
seen or known equivocal; dubious or corrupt. [Colloq.]
``A shady business.'' --London Sat. Rev.
Shady characters, disreputable, criminal. --London
Spectator.
{On the shady side of}, on the thither side of as on the
shady side of fifty; that is more than fifty. [Colloq.]
{To keep shady}, to stay in concealment; also to be
reticent. [Slang]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
shady
adj 1: of businesses and businessmen; "a fly-by-night operation"
[syn: {fly-by-night}]
2: of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a
louche painting" [syn: {louche}]
3: (informal) 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" [syn: {fishy}, {funny},
{queer}, {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"
[syn: {shadowed}, {shadowy}, {umbrageous}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Shady, NY
Zip code(s): 12409
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