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1
protected from the sun's rays
- a lovely shady spot in the park that was pleasantly cool
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2
given to or marked by cheating and deception
- a shady business deal
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- bent
- [chiefly British],
- crooked,
- deceptive,
- dishonest,
- double-dealing,
- duplicitous,
- fast,
- fraudulent,
- guileful,
- rogue,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- underhand,
- underhanded
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3
giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged
- cited some shady statistics to back up his argument
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- debatable,
- disputable,
- dodgy
- [chiefly British],
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- equivocal,
- fishy,
- problematic
- (also problematical),
- queer,
- questionable,
- shaky,
- suspect,
- suspicious
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4
given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions
- shady characters hanging out in the park after nightfall
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5
not respectable
- a courtesan who lived on the shady fringe of society
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- base,
- contemptible,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- dirty,
- low,
- mean,
- miserable,
- vile,
- wretched
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- approved,
- endorsed
- (also indorsed),
- sanctioned
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“Shady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shady. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of shady was in 1579
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