Found 3 items, similar to shady.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: shady
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shady
shady
adj 1: of businesses and businessmen;
“a fly-by-night operation”
[syn:
fly-by-night]
2: of questionable taste or morality;
“a louche nightclub”;
“a
louche painting” [syn:
louche]
3: not as expected;
“there was something fishy about the
accident”;
“up to some funny business”;
“some definitely
queer goings-on”;
“a shady deal”;
“her motives were
suspect”;
“suspicious behavior” [syn:
fishy,
funny,
queer,
suspect,
suspicious]
4: 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”
[syn:
shadowed,
shadowy,
umbrageous]
[also:
shadiest,
shadier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shady
Shady
\Shad"y\, a. [Compar.
Shadier; superl.
Shadiest.]
1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade;
causing shade.
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The shady trees cover him with their shadow. --Job.
xl. 22.
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And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. --Dryden.
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2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
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Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for
summer and warm for winter. --Bacon.
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3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be
seen or known; of questionable character; unsavory;
equivocal; dubious, corrupt, or criminal; as, a shady
character; -- of people or activities. [Colloq.]
“A shady
business.” --London Sat. Rev.
Shady characters, disreputable, criminal. --London
Spectator.
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On the shady side of, on the thither side of; as, on the
shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. [Colloq.]
To keep shady, to stay in concealment; also, to be
reticent. [Slang]
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