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shadier |
1 definition 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]
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