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My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for some time now.
Jon Ronson

Meaning of "shadowy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHADOWY

shadowy  [ˈʃædəʊɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHADOWY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shadowy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SHADOWY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

shadowy

Shadow

A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object. It occupies all of the space behind an opaque object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or reverse projection of the object blocking the light. Sunlight causes many objects to have shadows at certain times of the day. The angle of the sun, its apparent height in the sky causes a change in the length of shadows. Low-angles create longer shadows. There are three distinct parts of a shadow created by any non-point light source after impinging on an opaque object called the umbra, penumbra and antumbra. For a point source only the umbra is cast. These names are most often used for the shadows cast by astronomical objects, though they are sometimes used to describe levels of darkness, such as in sunspots. An astronomical object casts human-visible shadows when its apparent magnitude is equal or lower than −4. Currently the only astronomical objects able to produce visible shadows on Earth are the sun, the moon and, in the right conditions, Venus or Jupiter.

Definition of shadowy in the English dictionary

The first definition of shadowy in the dictionary is full of shadows; dark; shady. Other definition of shadowy is resembling a shadow in faintness; vague. Shadowy is also illusory or imaginary.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHADOWY


arrowy
ˈærəʊɪ
billowy
ˈbɪləʊɪ
blowy
ˈbləʊɪ
Chloe
ˈkləʊɪ
doughy
ˈdəʊɪ
duroy
ˈdʊərəʊɪ
echoey
ˈɛkəʊɪ
joey
ˈdʒəʊɪ
kalanchoe
ˌkælənˈkəʊɪ
Loewi
ˈləʊɪ
meadowy
ˈmɛdəʊɪ
pillowy
ˈpɪləʊɪ
showy
ˈʃəʊɪ
snowy
ˈsnəʊɪ
toey
ˈtəʊɪ
towie
ˈtəʊɪ
towy
ˈtəʊɪ
willowy
ˈwɪləʊɪ
windowy
ˈwɪndəʊɪ
yellowy
ˈjeləʊɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHADOWY

shadow bands
shadow cabinet
shadow Foreign Secretary
shadow history
shadow mask
shadow minister
shadow play
shadow price
shadow test
shadow-box
shadow-boxing
shadowcast
shadower
shadowgraph
shadowgraphy
shadowily
shadowiness
shadowless
shadowlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHADOWY

chewy
Conwy
cowy
dewy
Edwy
furrowy
marrowy
marshmallowy
mildewy
nowy
rainbowy
Rwy
sallowy
screwy
sinewy
stewy
swy
tallowy
unshowy
viewy

Synonyms and antonyms of shadowy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SHADOWY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shadowy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of shadowy

Translation of «shadowy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHADOWY

Find out the translation of shadowy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shadowy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shadowy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阴暗的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oscuro
570 millions of speakers

English

shadowy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छायादार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

همية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

темная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sombrio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছায়াময়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sombre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bayangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schattig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

陰になった
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어두운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shadowy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vong linh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிழல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंधुक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gölgeli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

buio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cienisty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

темна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

umbră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκιερά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skaduwee
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skugg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skygge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shadowy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHADOWY»

The term «shadowy» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.055 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHADOWY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shadowy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shadowy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shadowy

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9 QUOTES WITH «SHADOWY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shadowy.
1
Tom Coburn
An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.
2
Mitch Kapor
Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization.
3
Amy Levy
A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood.
4
Greil Marcus
No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes.
5
James McGreevey
Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many.
6
Francis Parkman
It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.
7
Edgar Allan Poe
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?
8
Jon Ronson
My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for some time now.
9
Edward Snowden
I grew up with the understanding that the world I lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to communicate with each other in privacy, without it being monitored, without it being measured or analyzed or sort of judged by these shadowy figures or systems, any time they mention anything that travels across public lines.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHADOWY»

Discover the use of shadowy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shadowy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Shadowy Horses
With its dark legends and passionate history, the windswept shores of Scotland are an archaeologist’s dream.
Susanna Kearsley, 2011
2
Bright Lights and Shadowy Shapes
Discusses what makes a shadow, and things having to do with shadows, including natural and artificial light, and shadow puppets.
Jennifer Waters, 2002
3
The Shadowy Waters
This is a facsimile reprint of the original book by W B Yeats, rebuilt using the latest technology.
W B Yeats, 2010
4
Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of ...
Saving Gracie uses the poignant transformation of a scruffy Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who was rescued from her sentence as a breeding dog to tell the story of America's hidden puppy mills.
Carol Bradley, 2010
5
Expose: The Search Into the Secret, Shadowy World of ...
Have you ever wondered, "How does a psychic know things that no human being could know.
Mary L. Guy, 2008
6
Shadowy Hand; Or Life-Struggles a Story of Real Life
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Henry Morgan, 2012
7
The Shadowy Third (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Ellen Glasgow, 2011
8
The Secret Science Behind Miracles
B. The shadowy body pictured as slightly out of the physical body (as in astral travel, etc.) but connected with the physical body by a large cord of shadowy body material. C. A cluster of grapes representing in Huna symbology the clusters of ...
Max Freedom Long, 2009
9
Transform Your World Through the Powers of Your Mind: A ...
subject doesn't resist, a thread of shadowy stuff will make contact and connect the two people. The low voltage of vital force will then travel along the shadowy threads which function as an electrically charged invisible wire. Through this ...
Jawara D. King, 2009
10
The Shadowy Thing
"H. B. Drake's The Shadowy Thing summons up strange and terrible vistas.
H. B. Drake, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHADOWY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shadowy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Five Minutes In The Shadowy Forest Of Feist
I won't lie, I initially only downloaded Feist from Steam because of how much it reminded me of Limbo, but it's a different sort of creature. While it shares a similar ... «Kotaku, Jul 15»
2
Pier slaying suspect typical of shadowy population in S.F.
Mayor Lee gave a statement about his efforts to avoid another incident like the one that killed Katheryn Steinle at a press conference at Portsmouth Square ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
Shadowy palm tree arsonist eludes Galveston investigators
Shadowy palm tree arsonist eludes Galveston investigators. Investigators seek answers to fires set since 2009. By Harvey Rice. July 6, 2015 Updated: July 6, ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Banksy, a shadowy cipher lights up the street
Nobody ever listened to me,” the person or people known as Banksy once wrote, “until they didn't know who I was.” The street artist whose work “Silent Majority”, ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
5
Nosier than the NSA? Shadowy bureau may have your credit card info
But reform of the shadowy Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been slow. Even if Congress does come to terms, political observers say it's unlikely ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
6
Al Sharpton's daughter behind 'shadowy' non-profit
The globe-trotting daughter of Al Sharpton followed her father's footsteps by quietly launching her own “shadowy” non-profit four years ago, according to a new ... «New York Post, May 15»
7
Shadowy Web Site Creates Blacklist of Pro-Palestinian Activists
A new website is publicizing the identities of pro-Palestinian student activists to prevent them from getting jobs after they graduate from college. But the website ... «Jewish Daily Forward, May 15»
8
The shadowy centre helping former al-Shabab members quit
In a small, heavily guarded compound on the bullet-riddled outskirts of Baidoa, a secretive team is working to undermine Somalia's Islamist militant group, ... «BBC News, May 15»
9
Terror accused Zakariya Ashiq 'tortured by shadowy figures'
Mr Ashiq told the court he was also abducted five times between July and November by "shadowy figures" in balaclavas with London and American accents. «BBC News, May 15»
10
Iran's Mahan airline defies sanctions in shadowy aircraft deal
Iran's Mahan airline defies sanctions in shadowy aircraft deal. Sam Jones in London, Erika Solomon in Beirut and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran. Share. «Financial Times, May 15»

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