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Definition of Shadawy

Shad"ow*y (?), a. 1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton.

This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods.
Shak.

2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow.

3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light.

The moon . . . with more pleasing light,
Shadowy sets off the face things.
Milton.

4. Faintly representative; hence, typical.

From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit.
Milton.

5. Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.

Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy
and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death.
Addison.

Shad"ow*y (?), a. 1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton.

This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods.
Shak.

2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow.

3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light.

The moon . . . with more pleasing light,
Shadowy sets off the face things.
Milton.

4. Faintly representative; hence, typical.

From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit.
Milton.

5. Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.

Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy
and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death.
Addison.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • of or pertaining to shadow
          Example: He sat in a shadowy corner.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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