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[ adjective ] filled with shade

Examples

"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"

Related terms

shaded

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[ adjective ] lacking clarity or distinctness

Synonyms

faint dim vague wispy

Examples

"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"

Related terms

indistinct

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[ adjective ] lacking in substance

Synonyms

wraithlike

Examples

"strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler "dim shadowy forms" "a wraithlike column of smoke"

Related terms

insubstantial

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