browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
shadowy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shadowy \Shad"ow*y\, a. 1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. ``Shadowy verdure.'' --Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. --Shak. 2. Hence dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. ``The shadowy past.'' --Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon . . . with more pleasing light, Shadowy sets off the face things --Milton. 4. Faintly representative; hence typical. From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit. --Milton. 5. Unsubstantial; unreal; as shadowy honor. Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death. --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shadowy adj 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"; "cool umbrageous woodlands" [syn: {shady}, {shadowed}, {umbrageous}] 2: 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" [syn: {dim}, {faint}, {vague}, {wispy}] 3: lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke" [syn: {wraithlike}]
more about shadowy
This work is licensed under a
