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shadowy
adjective
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How to pronounce shadowy:

Definition of shadowy:

shadowy (adjective):
filled with shade.
(of a place) full of shadows
of the nature of or resembling a shadow

Synonyms for shadowy:

blurry
crepuscular
dark
dim
dusky
faint
foggy
funereal
fuzzy
gloomy
hazy
indefinite
indistinct
indistinguishable
misty
murky
nebulous
obscure
opaque
pale
shaded
shadowed
shady
tenebrious
tenebrous
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Antonyms for shadowy:

bright
clarion
clear
clement
cloudless
exposed
fair
fine
glorious
illuminated
light
luminous
open
out in the open
pleasant
radiant
rainless
shadeless
summery
sunlit
sunny
sunshiny
unclouded
undarkened
unshaded
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