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shadowy |
Overview of adj shadowy The adj shadowy has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous -- (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") 2. dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy -- (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") 3. shadowy, wraithlike -- (lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke") Antonyms of adj shadowy 3 senses of shadowy Sense 1 shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous INDIRECT (VIA shaded) -> unshaded Sense 2 dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy INDIRECT (VIA indistinct) -> distinct Sense 3 shadowy, wraithlike INDIRECT (VIA insubstantial) -> substantial, real, material Similarity of adj shadowy 3 senses of shadowy Sense 1 shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous => shaded (vs. unshaded) Sense 2 dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy => indistinct (vs. distinct) Sense 3 shadowy, wraithlike => insubstantial (vs. substantial), unsubstantial, unreal Attributes of adj shadowy Familiarity of adj shadowy shadowy used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj shadowy shadowy Overview of adj shadowy The adj shadowy has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous -- (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") 2. dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy -- (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") 3. shadowy, wraithlike -- (lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke")
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