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In some senses, shadowy is marked as figuratively, dated, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
shadowy
/ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/
adj 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
best, cloudy, outside, soon, vague
VERB + SHADOWY
don't, need, sat, saw, seemed, shows
SHADOWY + NOUN
corner, creature, man, milieu, scurry
PREP.
across, in, in
ADV.
rarely
Definitions
adj
1
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
He sat in a shadowy corner.
2
Dark, obscure.
He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.
3
Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.
4
Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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He sat in a shadowy corner.
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He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
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By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in t
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It's getting more and more shadowy, soon it will be twilight.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
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Maybe in another universe, beings are like clouds or shadows in a cloudy or shadowy milieu...
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