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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
honor
.
Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a
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