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Definition of Shadily
1. adv. In a shady manner.
Definition of Shadily
1. Adverb. In a shady manner, particularly used in the sense of untrustworthy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shadily
1. in a shady manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadily
Literary usage of Shadily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... thrive in any good, well-drained garden soil not too shadily situated.
COTOPAXI, ko-to-pa'he or ko-to-paks'i, the most remarkable volcanic mountain of ..."
2. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1885)
"In small cottages, shadily situated at some distance from the main house, live
the book-keeper, engineer, sugar boiler, and some of the lunas, ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"And his life, thus gently rippled, was flowing on shadily and pleasantly, when
its placid surface was further broken by the reappearance of an old ..."
4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"... reasoning has induced the notoriously impecunious patrician to regard with a
favourable eye the somewhat shadily-acquired dowry of his affianced bride. ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1876)
"... anti shadily, amid not to recoil as before. It is no use saying anything if
I ama not candid. I avow then that on this occasion, ..."
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