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shady
/ ˈʃɪɪ /
adjective
- full of shade; shaded
- affording or casting a shade
- dim, quiet, or concealed
- informal.dubious or questionable as to honesty or legality
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱, adverb
- ˈ徱Ա, noun
Other Word Forms
- i· adverb
- i·Ա noun
- un·i· adverb
- un·i·Ա noun
- ܲ·y adjective
Idioms and Phrases
- on the shady side of, Informal. beyond (the specified age); more than:
on the shady side of 40.
Example Sentences
It's unsurprising that a Jan. 6 defendant would be drawn to the racialized drama, especially someone with a history as shady as Lang's.
"So many boxers and fighters get caught up in the treachery of the people that are in the industry," he says, describing the sport as "shady".
The man seems destined to do something shady or stupid or both.
If it's not clear how hyping shady supplements and sharing recipes contributes to the feminist project of fighting for gender equality, that's because it's not.
Dude’s nefarious and slimy and anything shady seems to have to do with him.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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