shadier; shadiest
1
: producing or affording shade
2
: sheltered from the sun's rays
3
a
: of questionable merit : uncertain, unreliable
b
Examples of shady in a Sentence
Their backyard is nice and shady.
I don't trust him. He seems like a pretty shady character.
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Today 20 rustic log cabins nestle in the shady woods close to picturesque West Fork Trail, just two miles north of Slide Rock State Park.
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Traffic whizzed by the shady corner of Boulevard and Archibald Avenue on the cold Monday afternoon.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 12 Dec. 2025
The situation gets more complex with the addition of a bunch of oddball assassins trying to murder the neighbor, plus other mysterious and shady types like his former associate Laverne (Weaver).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
After appearing to make amends, the pair exchanged multiple shady moments over the years that culminated in an all-out social media war on X earlier this year.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Traffic whizzed by the shady corner of Boulevard and Archibald Avenue on the cold Monday afternoon.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 12 Dec. 2025
The situation gets more complex with the addition of a bunch of oddball assassins trying to murder the neighbor, plus other mysterious and shady types like his former associate Laverne (Weaver).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
After appearing to make amends, the pair exchanged multiple shady moments over the years that culminated in an all-out social media war on X earlier this year.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shady
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“Shady.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shady. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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shady
adjective
shadier; shadiest
1
: casting a shadow : giving shade
2
: sheltered from the sun's rays
a shady grove
3
: not right or honest
a shady business deal
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