Shady
adjective
To be partially covered in darkness or protected from sunlight, often with trees.
We sat under a shady tree to avoid the hot sun.
Often appears as...
- shady area
- shady tree
adjective
Something or someone suspicious or not completely honest or reliable.
She bought the car from a shady salesman.
Often appears as...
- shady deal
- shady character
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Disapproving
adjective
Relating to illegal or dishonest activities.
He was arrested for shady dealings in the stock market.
Often appears as...
- shady practices
- shady dealings
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Disapproving
adjective
To be partially covered in darkness or protected from sunlight, often with trees.
We sat under a shady tree to avoid the hot sun.
Often appears as...
- shady area
- shady tree
adjective
Something or someone suspicious or not completely honest or reliable.
She bought the car from a shady salesman.
Often appears as...
- shady deal
- shady character
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to illegal or dishonest activities.
He was arrested for shady dealings in the stock market.
Often appears as...
- shady practices
- shady dealings
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Natural Shade
Used to describe natural spots with less light, typically cool and relaxing environments.
The garden had many shady nooks perfect for reading.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoors Imagery
Often evokes outdoor scenery like parks or forests where sunlight is filtered through leaves.
Let's have a picnic in that shady grove.
Pro Tip 3/3Seeking Comfort
People look for a shady place when they want to escape the heat, implying comfort.
On a scorching day, the children played in the shady sandbox.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Shade
Used to describe natural spots with less light, typically cool and relaxing environments.
The garden had many shady nooks perfect for reading.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoors Imagery
Often evokes outdoor scenery like parks or forests where sunlight is filtered through leaves.
Let's have a picnic in that shady grove.
Pro Tip 3/3Seeking Comfort
People look for a shady place when they want to escape the heat, implying comfort.
On a scorching day, the children played in the shady sandbox.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Shade
Used to describe natural spots with less light, typically cool and relaxing environments.
The garden had many shady nooks perfect for reading.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoors Imagery
Often evokes outdoor scenery like parks or forests where sunlight is filtered through leaves.
Let's have a picnic in that shady grove.
Pro Tip 3/3Seeking Comfort
People look for a shady place when they want to escape the heat, implying comfort.
On a scorching day, the children played in the shady sandbox.
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Safari Live - Day 27 PIPE...
us a very white bottom but is interesting is they've all staring straight to our left-hand side they're not alarm calling but there's something that's grabbed their attentions they're not looking at us they're all staring deep into this drainage line so I might just take a little drive down there and have a look it is a perfect shady spot for a lurking leopard and this is where
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Introducing a New Baby...
and so it's important that it stays in the shade of these siblings and adults and make sure that the Sun doesn't get on it too much and so you can see it's perfectly positioned in this little Sun hitting it every now and then but for the most part it's nice and shady and denieth all of those tummies and it can fit in very well as mom has a little
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Safari Live - Day 308 PIPE...
or they're just like now it's too hard to move around we've got a nice shady but here we are going nowhere so it's very nice of them at least you have come unto the shade just as we arrived and then pops this way here because otherwise they would have been not the greatest visual now because they are or
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Catherine Bracy: Why...
or of a shady criminal who is trying to steal your identity, or of an international rogue with a political agenda. And mainstream culture has kind of fed this idea that hackers are people that we should be afraid of. But like most things in technology
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The weird, wonderful,...
BOTS were working on behalf of a pretty shady casting call service website and normally BOTS like this are programmed to follow celebrities where they can hide out in among the millions of people who follow famous people but something
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Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's...
They settled in a shady suburb about an hour east of Toronto, and they settled into a new life. They saw their first dentist, they ate their first hamburger, and they had their first kids. My sister and I grew up here,
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Rescuing Penguin Chicks...
They're trying to find shady spots, but a lot of these colonies don't have really any shade and you're pretty helpless. We started with like, you know, spraying a few with a little water bottle or whatever
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The hidden meanings of...
have names like Liuyang or Shiyang, but on the shady side, for example, of the Yangtze River Valley, there's Jiangyin. The brake is yin to the gas pedal's yang. An eggshell is yang, the egg inside is yin.
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Cooling Cities By...
just brought me so much joy to to bring trees that she got to select you know and share that memory with her and that's the kind of connection that can make our world a little bit shadier for everyone
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Get comfortable with...
Now, being the domino sometimes comes down to being exactly who you are. So, I've been a shady somebody since I was three. This is me on my third birthday. But I've been this girl all my life,
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Safari Live - Day 27 PIPE...
us a very white bottom but is interesting is they've all staring straight to our left-hand side they're not alarm calling but there's something that's grabbed their attentions they're not looking at us they're all staring deep into this drainage line so I might just take a little drive down there and have a look it is a perfect shady spot for a lurking leopard and this is where
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Introducing a New Baby...
and so it's important that it stays in the shade of these siblings and adults and make sure that the Sun doesn't get on it too much and so you can see it's perfectly positioned in this little Sun hitting it every now and then but for the most part it's nice and shady and denieth all of those tummies and it can fit in very well as mom has a little
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Safari Live - Day 308 PIPE...
or they're just like now it's too hard to move around we've got a nice shady but here we are going nowhere so it's very nice of them at least you have come unto the shade just as we arrived and then pops this way here because otherwise they would have been not the greatest visual now because they are or
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Catherine Bracy: Why...
or of a shady criminal who is trying to steal your identity, or of an international rogue with a political agenda. And mainstream culture has kind of fed this idea that hackers are people that we should be afraid of. But like most things in technology
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The weird, wonderful,...
BOTS were working on behalf of a pretty shady casting call service website and normally BOTS like this are programmed to follow celebrities where they can hide out in among the millions of people who follow famous people but something
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Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's...
They settled in a shady suburb about an hour east of Toronto, and they settled into a new life. They saw their first dentist, they ate their first hamburger, and they had their first kids. My sister and I grew up here,
Video examples
Rescuing Penguin Chicks...
They're trying to find shady spots, but a lot of these colonies don't have really any shade and you're pretty helpless. We started with like, you know, spraying a few with a little water bottle or whatever
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The hidden meanings of...
have names like Liuyang or Shiyang, but on the shady side, for example, of the Yangtze River Valley, there's Jiangyin. The brake is yin to the gas pedal's yang. An eggshell is yang, the egg inside is yin.
Video examples
Cooling Cities By...
just brought me so much joy to to bring trees that she got to select you know and share that memory with her and that's the kind of connection that can make our world a little bit shadier for everyone
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Get comfortable with...
Now, being the domino sometimes comes down to being exactly who you are. So, I've been a shady somebody since I was three. This is me on my third birthday. But I've been this girl all my life,
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Quote examples
Antonio Damasio
Portuguese Scientist
I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.
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Maynard James Keenan
American Singer
I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.
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Evan Rachel Wood
American Actress
The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.
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John Gourley
American Musician
I'm just not into the shady side of the music industry. Give credit where credit's due.
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Angus Young
Scottish Musician
In our hands, even the straightest lyric sounded shady.
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Jessica Alba
American Actress
Movies are the shadiest business in the world.
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B. C. Forbes
Scottish Journalist
A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Paul Giamatti
American Actor
I like playing weird, kind of shady people.
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Lorenza Izzo
Chilean Actress
I go to shady places all the time.
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Antonio Damasio
Portuguese Scientist
I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.
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Maynard James Keenan
American Singer
I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.
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Evan Rachel Wood
American Actress
The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.
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John Gourley
American Musician
I'm just not into the shady side of the music industry. Give credit where credit's due.
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Angus Young
Scottish Musician
In our hands, even the straightest lyric sounded shady.
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Jessica Alba
American Actress
Movies are the shadiest business in the world.
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B. C. Forbes
Scottish Journalist
A shady business never yields a sunny life.
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Paul Giamatti
American Actor
I like playing weird, kind of shady people.
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Lorenza Izzo
Chilean Actress
I go to shady places all the time.
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