Adjective: shadowy (shadowier,shadowiest) sha-dow-ee
- Filled with shade
"we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove";
- shady, shadowed, umbrageous
- Lacking clarity or distinctness
"shadowy figures in the gloom";
- dim, faint, vague, wispy
- Lacking in substance
"strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"; "dim shadowy forms";
- wraithlike
Derived forms: shadowiest, shadowier
See also: indistinct, insubstantial, shaded, unreal, unsubstantial
Encyclopedia: Shadowy