shadowy

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shad·owy | \ ˈsha-dō-ē

, -də-wē \

Definition of shadowy

1a : of the nature of or resembling a shadow

b : faintly perceptible : indistinct

2 : being in or obscured by shadow deep shadowy interiors

3a : shady sense 1

b : shady sense 3

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She was pursued by a shadowy figure. He had only a shadowy idea of what they wanted him to do.

Recent Examples on the Web President Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian, sitcom star, and political neophyte, catapulted to the presidency of Ukraine last spring on a promise of sweeping away the country’s shadowy web of money and influence. — Anton Troianovski, BostonGlobe.com, "Ukraine’s president pledged to tackle corruption. The resistance is fierce.," 19 Jan. 2020 The video has a peculiar and convoluted path that spans a decade and a half, covers thousands of miles, and includes shadowy characters known only by pseudonyms. — Tim Mcmillan, Popular Mechanics, "The Tale of the Tape," 17 Jan. 2020 The statement marks a rare revelation of the shadowy struggle between rival intelligence agencies. — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, "‘Intelligence agent activity’: Germany raids suspected Chinese spy ring," 16 Jan. 2020 Released independently last month, HWLS' debut LP IV is his most mature and comprehensive work to date, with its eight tunes living in shadowy corners of the room and still hitting bittersweet emotional heights. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "Billboard Dance Emerging Artists: January 2020," 15 Jan. 2020 But the truth, as often is the case in the small Vatican city-state consumed with power politics and ideological rifts, shadowy maneuvering and gossip, is much stranger. — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, "Two Popes, and One Big Furor After Benedict Weighs in on Priestly Celibacy," 13 Jan. 2020 The shadowy twin of the striving for success is an almost Greek sense of the capriciousness of fate. — Fintan O’toole, The New York Review of Books, "The Designated Mourner," 7 Jan. 2020 Monteiro, a systems administrator who runs I.T. security for a midsize firm in London, spends his nights as a white-hat hacker and independent cybercrime researcher, navigating the shadowy spaces of the dark web. — Brian Merchant, Harper's magazine, "Click Here to Kill," 31 Dec. 2019 Barr has seemed in recent months to take a keen interest in Mifsud, a shadowy figure who last surfaced two years ago for an interview with a reporter in Italy. — Matt Zapotosky, Anchorage Daily News, "Barr’s prosecutor says he can’t back right-wing theory that Russia case was US intelligence setup," 5 Dec. 2019

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