--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 31 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 31 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Very bad, serious or harmful.[↗](../../severe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very strict and harsh.[↗](../../severe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Very plain, with no decoration.[↗](../../severe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There is a severe weather warning for snow tonight.[↗](../../severe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a severe nut allergy.[↗](../../severe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm caused severe damage to the houses.[↗](../../severe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He had severe pain in his tummy, so they went to hospital.[↗](../../severe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The headmistress had a severe look on her face.[↗](../../severe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Severe flooding closed the roads.[↗](../../severe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The punishment was too severe for such a small mistake.[↗](../../severe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In severe heat, drink lots of water and stay in the shade.[↗](../../severe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Once upon a time a severe plague raged among the animals.[↗](../../severe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe.[↗](../../severe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../severe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **severely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very badly or seriously.[↗](../../severely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The house was severely damaged.[↗](../../severely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strictly or harshly.[↗](../../severely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* He was severely punished.[↗](../../severely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Plainly, without decoration: a severely plain dress.[↗](../../severely/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The storm severely damaged the roof.[↗](../../severely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was severely injured in the crash.[↗](../../severely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher looked at us severely.[↗](../../severely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Water is severely limited in the desert.[↗](../../severely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crops were severely hit by drought.[↗](../../severely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not severely punish a puppy; teach it kindly.[↗](../../severely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The town was severely flooded.[↗](../../severely/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The hawk fell heavily under a big stone, severely wounded in its right wing.[↗](../../severely/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **severity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Severity is how serious, strong or bad something is, such as the severity of an illness, an injury, a storm or a punishment.[↗](../../severity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Severity can mean strictness or harshness, as in a teacher's severity.[↗](../../severity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Doctors decide treatment by the severity of the injury.[↗](../../severity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The severity of the storm surprised everyone.[↗](../../severity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Earthquakes are measured to show their severity.[↗](../../severity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her allergy varies in severity from a rash to trouble breathing.[↗](../../severity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The punishment was too harsh for the severity of the crime.[↗](../../severity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke with such severity that the room went silent.[↗](../../severity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wearing a helmet reduces the severity of head injuries.[↗](../../severity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The girl was frightened by her father’s severity.[↗](../../severity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To sew is to join cloth or attach things like buttons with a needle and thread.[↗](../../sew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To sew is to make or mend clothes with a needle or a sewing machine.[↗](../../sew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To sew up something is to finish or make sure of it (informal).[↗](../../sew/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She sews 4 dresses a week.[↗](../../sew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sews 5 buttons on each shirt.[↗](../../sew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bag needs 2 m of cloth to sew.[↗](../../sew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many shirts can she sew?[↗](../../sew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma taught me to sew on a button.[↗](../../sew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We sewed felt puppets in class.[↗](../../sew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your needles in a pincushion when you sew.[↗](../../sew/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum sewed up the hole in my sock.[↗](../../sew/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He sewed them on his coat.[↗](../../sew/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.[↗](../../sew/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sew/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.[↗](../../sew/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.16.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sew/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; (Writings ECC.3.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sew/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls\![↗](../../sew/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sew/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **sewage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sewage is the dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and drains that flows through pipes called sewers.[↗](../../sewage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is cleaned at a sewage treatment plant before the water goes back into rivers or the sea.[↗](../../sewage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sewage goes from our toilets through pipes to the treatment plant.[↗](../../sewage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The beach was closed because sewage leaked into the sea.[↗](../../sewage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Old cities without sewage systems had lots of diseases.[↗](../../sewage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't swim in flood water; it may have sewage in it.[↗](../../sewage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sewage works cleans the water before it goes to the river.[↗](../../sewage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Only flush pee, poo and toilet paper, or the sewage pipes can block.[↗](../../sewage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sewer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sewer is a large underground pipe or tunnel that carries away dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and streets.[↗](../../sewer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sewer (said «SOH-er») is also a person who sews.[↗](../../sewer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rainwater runs into the sewer through the drain.[↗](../../sewer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rats live in the sewers.[↗](../../sewer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Victorians built huge sewers under London.[↗](../../sewer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ninja Turtles live in a sewer.[↗](../../sewer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My nan is a great sewer — she made my costume.[↗](../../sewer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't pour fat down the sink, it blocks the sewers.[↗](../../sewer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Now they are vanishing points in that new underground world--that wonder of the present day--the sewers of Paris.[↗](../../sewer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sewerage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The system of underground pipes and drains that carries dirty water and toilet waste away from homes and buildings.[↗](../../sewerage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The work of taking away and dealing with that waste.[↗](../../sewerage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (sometimes, loosely) The waste itself, more often called sewage.[↗](../../sewerage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our town's sewerage system was built over a hundred years ago.[↗](../../sewerage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The water bill includes a charge for sewerage.[↗](../../sewerage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Before proper sewerage, cities smelled terrible and diseases spread.[↗](../../sewerage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers are fixing the sewerage pipes under the main road.[↗](../../sewerage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Joseph Bazalgette designed London's sewerage system.[↗](../../sewerage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Good sewerage keeps rivers cleaner and people healthier.[↗](../../sewerage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The new houses must be joined to the sewerage network.[↗](../../sewerage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sewn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Joined or fixed with a needle and thread.[↗](../../sewn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* My name is sewn into my coat.[↗](../../sewn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Sewn up» (informal) means settled or certain to be won.[↗](../../sewn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The match is sewn up.[↗](../../sewn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum has sewn a badge on my jumper.[↗](../../sewn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My name tag is sewn inside my coat.[↗](../../sewn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bag was hand-sewn.[↗](../../sewn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cut was sewn up by the doctor with stitches.[↗](../../sewn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · With two goals, the game was sewn up.[↗](../../sewn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you sewn the button back on?[↗](../../sewn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Yes, it fits very well,” said he, “and you have sewn it very neatly.[↗](../../sewn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sex** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sex is being male or female; people and most animals are born one sex or the other, decided by their body.[↗](../../sex/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sex is one of these two groups, as in "both sexes".[↗](../../sex/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sex is also a private, physical act of love between adults, which is how babies can be made.[↗](../../sex/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Some fish can change their sex.[↗](../../sex/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You can tell the sex of a lion by its mane.[↗](../../sex/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school is a single-sex school for girls.[↗](../../sex/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The form asks for your name, age and sex.[↗](../../sex/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In science, we learned how flowers have male and female parts.[↗](../../sex/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sex education is part of health lessons for older pupils.[↗](../../sex/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Male and female birds of the same kind can look very different.[↗](../../sex/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sex test at the end is different from any of those enumerated by Prof.[↗](../../sex/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · == Chapter 5 == \[5:1\] Twelve Simple Letters, Heh-Waw Zayin-Chet Tet-Yod Lamed-Nun ʽAyin-Samekh Tzadi-Qof—Their foundation is Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Eating, Sex, Work, Movement, Excitement, Play, Contemplation, Sleep.[↗](../../sex/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../sex/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **sexagesimal** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Based on the number sixty, as in counting with a base of sixty.[↗](../../sexagesimal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We are, however, now certain that in Babylon, many centuries before the Christian Era. a sexagesimal position was known.[↗](../../sexagesimal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../sexagesimal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Although tlie sexagesimal position was anciently known in Babylonia, yet it was used only, in higher mathematics, as in (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../sexagesimal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In my opinion, the sexagesimal position originated from the decimal position, and not the reverse ; for the earliest abacus, which was doubtless based on a decimal position, is older than the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../sexagesimal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **sexist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Treating people unfairly or badly because they are a boy or a girl, a man or a woman.[↗](../../sexist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A person who thinks or behaves in this unfair way.[↗](../../sexist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Saying girls can't be engineers is sexist.[↗](../../sexist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The class decided the rule about only boys playing football was sexist.[↗](../../sexist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «That's a sexist joke,» said Chloe.[↗](../../sexist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old advert was sexist because it showed only women cleaning.[↗](../../sexist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's sexist to say boys shouldn't do ballet.[↗](../../sexist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Connor said he wasn't sexist, but he never passed the ball to the girls.[↗](../../sexist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sexton** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sexton is a church helper who looks after the church and its churchyard, digs graves and rings the bells.[↗](../../sexton/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sexton rang the bell at noon.[↗](../../sexton/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Now, how can I tell?" said the sexton's wife.[↗](../../sexton/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sexton dug the grave in the churchyard.[↗](../../sexton/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **sexual** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having to do with sex, the body's way of making babies.[↗](../../sexual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He produced Lamed, predominant in sexual desire, crowned, combined, and formed Libra in the world, Tisri in the year, and the gall in man.[↗](../../sexual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../sexual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Lamed, predominant in Sexual desire, crowned it, combined and formed with it Libra in the Universe, Tishri in the Year, and the private parts of Man.[↗](../../sexual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Kalisch gives "gall.")[↗](../../sexual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../sexual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Lamed, predominant in Sexual desire, crowned it, combined and formed with it Libra in the Universe, Tishri in the Year, and the private parts of Man.[↗](../../sexual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Kalisch gives \*' gall.")[↗](../../sexual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../sexual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **shabbily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a worn-out, old and untidy way: shabbily dressed means wearing old, faded, worn clothes.[↗](../../shabbily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In an unfair, mean or unkind way: to treat someone shabbily is to treat them badly.[↗](../../shabbily/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old man was shabbily dressed but very polite.[↗](../../shabbily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They lived in a shabbily furnished flat above the shop.[↗](../../shabbily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team treated their loyal goalkeeper shabbily.[↗](../../shabbily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I think you behaved rather shabbily towards your friend.[↗](../../shabbily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shabbily painted gate creaked in the wind.[↗](../../shabbily/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad, shabbily dressed as a washerwoman, hurried to the station.[↗](../../shabbily/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the girl (and she was a very pretty girl, though so shabbily dressed) begged so hard for one of them that at last he said:[↗](../../shabbily/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **shabby** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shabby means old, worn and untidy from a lot of use.[↗](../../shabby/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Shabby means dressed in old, worn clothes.[↗](../../shabby/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Shabby means unfair or mean, as in «a shabby trick».[↗](../../shabby/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) «Not shabby» means quite good.[↗](../../shabby/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He wore a shabby old coat.[↗](../../shabby/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel was shabby and needed painting.[↗](../../shabby/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a shabby trick to play on your friend.[↗](../../shabby/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sofa looked shabby but was very comfy.[↗](../../shabby/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Second place?[↗](../../shabby/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") Not too shabby!» said Dad.[↗](../../shabby/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shabby teddy was her favourite.[↗](../../shabby/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Directly the Princess Badoura saw the prince she recognised him in spite of his shabby clothes.[↗](../../shabby/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **shade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shade is an area where the sunlight is blocked, so it is cooler and darker: sit in the shade.[↗](../../shade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A shade is a lighter or darker kind of a colour: a shade of blue.[↗](../../shade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A shade is something that blocks light, like a lampshade or a window shade (USA blind).[↗](../../shade/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To shade something means to protect it from light, or to colour in part of a picture or diagram.[↗](../../shade/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Shades (informal) are sunglasses.[↗](../../shade/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Let's sit in the shade of that big tree.[↗](../../shade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Play in the shade when the sun is hottest.[↗](../../shade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Shade one half of the circle.[↗](../../shade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her dress is a lovely shade of green.[↗](../../shade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He shaded his eyes from the sun with his hand.[↗](../../shade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new lampshade makes the room cosy.[↗](../../shade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Shade the squares to show two fifths.[↗](../../shade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dogs need shade and water on hot days.[↗](../../shade/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It was very pleasant in the cool shade.[↗](../../shade/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks?[↗](../../shade/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.88.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shade/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.[↗](../../shade/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shade/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades; (Writings PRO.2.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shade/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **shadow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A shadow is a dark shape made on a surface when something blocks the light.[↗](../../shadow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Shadow is an area of darkness where light does not reach.[↗](../../shadow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To shadow someone is to follow them closely, often to learn their job.[↗](../../shadow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A shadow can also be a person who follows someone everywhere, staying close to them.[↗](../../shadow/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My shadow follows me on a sunny day.[↗](../../shadow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At noon our shadows are short.[↗](../../shadow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We made animal shadows with our hands.[↗](../../shadow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sat in the shadow of the tree.[↗](../../shadow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A shadow forms when light is blocked.[↗](../../shadow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Shadows are longer in the evening.[↗](../../shadow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The new pupil shadowed a buddy on her first day.[↗](../../shadow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Without a shadow of a doubt, she is the fastest runner.[↗](../../shadow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Will you go with me, as shadow?[↗](../../shadow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-second Path is the Faithful Intelligence, and is so called because by it spiritual virtues are increased, and all dwellers on earth are nearly under its shadow.[↗](../../shadow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../shadow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-second Path is the Faithful Intelligence and is so called because by it spiritual virtues are increased, and all dwellers on earth are nearly under its shadow.[↗](../../shadow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../shadow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?[↗](../../shadow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shadow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass.[↗](../../shadow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.102.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shadow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; (Writings JOB.16.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../shadow/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **shadowy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Full of shadows; dark and hard to see in: «a shadowy corner».[↗](../../shadowy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Like a shadow: dim, faint and not clear: «a shadowy figure».[↗](../../shadowy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Mysterious and secret, not well known: «a shadowy organisation».[↗](../../shadowy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A shadowy figure crept along the alley.[↗](../../shadowy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mole hurried through the shadowy Wild Wood.[↗](../../shadowy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old house had shadowy corners.[↗](../../shadowy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We could see shadowy shapes under the water.[↗](../../shadowy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy worked for a shadowy group.[↗](../../shadowy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shadowy forest made the children nervous.[↗](../../shadowy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They are accordingly represented as misty, shadowy beings, with graceful swaying forms, and robed in pale blue, gauze-like fabrics.[↗](../../shadowy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/30/) 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