01 a. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
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Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.“This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods.” — Shak.
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Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
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Not brightly luminous; faintly light.“The moon . . . with more pleasing light, Shadowy sets off the face things.” — Milton.
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Faintly representative; hence, typical.“From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit.” — Milton.
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Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.“Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death.” — Addison.