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Webster 1913 Edition
Shadowy
Shad′ow-y
,Adj.
1.
Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
“Shadowy verdure.” Fenton.
This
shadowy
desert, unfrequented woods. Shakespeare
2.
Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
“The shadowy past.” Longfellow.
3.
Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
The moon . . . with more pleasing light,
Shadowy
sets off the face things. Milton.
4.
Faintly representative; hence, typical.
From
shadowy
types to truth, from flesh to spirit. Milton.
5.
Unsubstantial; unreal;
as,
. shadowy
honorMilton has brought into his poems two actors of a
and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death.
shadowy
and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death.
Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shadowy
SHAD'OWY
,Adj.
1. Full of shade; dark; gloomy.
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak.
2. Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
More pleasant light