shadowy
Adjective Satellite
- filled with shade
- "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"
- lacking clarity or distinctness
- "shadowy figures in the gloom"
- lacking in substance; - W.A.Butler
- "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"
- "dim shadowy forms"
Adj
- In shadow; darkened by shadows.
- Dark, obscure.
- Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.
- Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.
Adjective
- Full of shadows; dim or indistinct; mysterious.
Examples
- He sat in a shadowy corner.
- He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
- The SHADOWY figures on the Scrabble board represented potential words yet to be played.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English schadowy, equivalent to shadow + -y.
Synonyms
dim, faint, shadowed, shady, umbrageous, vague, wispy, wraithlike
Scrabble Score: 17
shadowy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordshadowy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shadowy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
shadowy: valid Words With Friends Word