SHADOWY

• (adj.) filled with shade

  "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"

  synonyms : shadowed , shady , umbrageous

• (adj.) lacking in substance

  "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds", "dim shadowy forms", "a wraithlike column of smoke"

  synonyms : wraithlike

• (adj.) lacking clarity or distinctness

  "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"

  synonyms : dim , faint , vague , wispy

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