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Definition of Shady

1. Adjective. (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous. "A shady operation"

2. Adjective. Of questionable taste or morality. "A louche painting"

3. Adjective. Not as expected. "Suspicious behavior"

4. Adjective. Filled with shade. "Cool umbrageous woodlands"

Definition of Shady

1. a. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.

Definition of Shady

1. Adjective. Abounding in shades. ¹

2. Adjective. Causing shade. ¹

3. Adjective. Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat. ¹

4. Adjective. (slang) Not trustworthy; Unfit to be seen or known. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shady

1. shaded [adj SHADIER, SHADIEST]

Medical Definition of Shady

1. 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. "A shady business." "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. To keep shady, to stay in concealment; also, to be reticent. Origin: Shadier; Shadiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shady

shadowings shadowish shadowland shadowlands shadowless shadowlike shadowplay shadowplays shadows shadowy

shadrach shadrachs shads shaduf shadufs shady (current term) shaffle shaffled shaffles shaffling

shaffron shaffrons shafranovskite shaft bow shaft horsepower shaft louse shaft of femur shaft of fibula shaft of humerus

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