shadyadjective
uk/ˈʃeɪ.di/us/ˈʃeɪ.di/shady adjective (SLIGHT DARKNESS)
sheltered from direct light from the sun:
We sat on the shady grass for our picnic.
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Darkness & becoming dark
- black
- black sth out
- blackness
- blackout
- dark
- darken
- deepen
- dingy
- draw
- draw in
- dull
- gloomy
- half-light
- inky
- moonless
- pitch-dark
- shade
- silhouette
- Stygian
- the gloaming
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shady adjective (DISHONEST)
informal dishonest or illegal:
They know some very shady characters.
He was involved in shady deals in the past.
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Dishonest
- bad faith
- be rotten to the core idiom
- be up to no good idiom
- bent
- cowboy
- down-and-dirty
- dubious
- false
- finagle
- fishy
- low-down
- malfeasance
- mendacious
- misleading
- perjure
- sugar-coated
- underhand
- unreliable
- unscrupulous
- unsporting
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