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# shadowy

«shadowy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Full of shadows; dark and hard to see in: «a shadowy corner»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (shadowy, shadowier, shadowiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Full of shadows; dark and hard to see in: «a shadowy corner». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/#m1)

2) Like a shadow: dim, faint and not clear: «a shadowy figure». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/#m2)

3) Mysterious and secret, not well known: «a shadowy organisation». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows the Wild Wood is shadowy and frightening; the Mole sees faces in the shadows. Stories use «shadowy» for mystery and danger. In science, a shadow forms when light is blocked by an object.

### examples

- A shadowy figure crept along the alley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/#x1)
- The Mole hurried through the shadowy Wild Wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/#x2)
- The old house had shadowy corners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/#x3)
- We could see shadowy shapes under the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/#x4)
- The spy worked for a shadowy group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/#x5)
- The shadowy forest made the children nervous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/#x6)
- They are accordingly represented as misty, shadowy beings, with graceful swaying forms, and robed in pale blue, gauze-like fabrics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/#x7)

### note

Comparative: shadowier, shadowiest (y → i).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shadowy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.