Shadowy vs. Shady — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shadowy and Shady
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Shadowy
Full of or dark with shadow
Shady
Full of shade; shaded
Found a cool, shady spot under some trees.
Shadowy
Casting shadows
Shadowy trees.
Shady
Casting shade
A large, shady elm.
Shadowy
Lacking distinctness; faint
Shadowy forms in the darkness.
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Shady
Of dubious character, morality, or legality; questionable
"men who could indulge in any shady deal in downtown offices and still pose as beneficent angels ... on the golf course" (Louis Auchincloss).
Shadowy
Lacking substance; unsubstantial
"It would have been the right thing had he gone before it was too late, for then he might have been only a shadowy dream in Edna's life, instead of a consuming reality" (Kate Chopin).
Shady
Abounding in shades.
Shadowy
Little known or understood; obscure or mysterious
"Beginnings are apt to be shadowy, and so it is with the first cell, born perhaps more than 3.5 billion years ago" (Jennifer Ackerman).
Shady
Causing shade.
Shadowy
Of questionable character; shady
"[He] had a formidable, if shadowy, reputation for his undercover work" (Peter Grose).
Shady
Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
Shadowy
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
He sat in a shadowy corner.
Shady
(informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.
He is a shady character.
Shadowy
(of character) Dark, obscure.
He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
Shady
Mean, cruel.
Don't be shady, give us a go.
Shadowy
(figurative) Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.
Shady
Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
The shady trees cover him with their shadow.
And Amaryllis fills the shady groves.
Shadowy
Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.
Shady
Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter.
Shadowy
Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods.
Shady
Of or pertaining to shade or darkness;
Shady characters, disreputable, criminal.
Shadowy
Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
Shady
Of businesses and businessmen;
A fly-by-night operation
Shadowy
Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
The moon . . . with more pleasing light,Shadowy sets off the face things.
Shady
Of questionable taste or morality;
A louche nightclub
A louche painting
Shadowy
Faintly representative; hence, typical.
From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit.
Shady
Not as expected;
There was something fishy about the accident
Up to some funny business
Some definitely queer goings-on
A shady deal
Her motives were suspect
Suspicious behavior
Shadowy
Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowyand fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death.
Shady
Filled with shade;
The shady side of the street
The surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
We sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
Cool umbrageous woodlands
Shadowy
Filled with shade;
The shady side of the street
The surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
We sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
Cool umbrageous woodlands
Shadowy
Lacking clarity or distinctness;
A dim figure in the distance
Only a faint recollection
Shadowy figures in the gloom
Saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
A few wispy memories of childhood
Shadowy
Lacking in substance;
Strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds
Dim shadowy forms
A wraithlike column of smoke
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