shadowy

shadowy
adj
1. indistinct, indeterminate, indefinite, vague, nebulous; obscure, unclear, indistinguishable, ill-defined; opaque, dark, murky; dim, faint, feeble, pale, weak.
2. unsubstantial, impalpable, imponderable, intangible, immaterial; ethereal, vaporous, airy, air-built, cloud-built, gossamer, gossamery, gaseous; unreal, dreamlike, illusory, visionary, imaginary, figmental, hallucinatory, chimerical; spectral, ghostly, phantasmal, phantasmagorial, phantom, phantomlike, wraithlike.
3. shady. See shady(def. 1).

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