shady

[US]/'ʃeɪdɪ/
[UK]/'ʃedi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. in shadow, suspicious, unreliable.

Phrases & Collocations

shady character

shady business dealings

shady behavior

keep shady

Example Sentences

This is a shady avenue.

the shady side of the street

He’s a rather shady person.

resting in a shady nook in the garden

It's cool and shady under the tree.

shady business deals).

She was a shady figure in the Dublin underworld.

a shady bower in the garden

Ferns grow in shady and moist places.

shady stockbrokers who finagle their clients out of fortunes.

they sprawled under a shady carob tree.

found a likely spot under a shady tree for the picnic.

shady gardens where strollers could relax.

shady deals that were just this side of criminal.

he was involved in his grandmother's shady deals.

He has engaged in rather shady occupation.

At the end of the hot day the spent workers slept under a shady tree.

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