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shady

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shady in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. not as expected
    "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
    fishy  funny  shady  suspect  suspicious 
  2. (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
    "a shady operation"
    fly-by-night  shady 
  3. of questionable taste or morality
    "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
    louche  shady 
  4. filled with shade
    "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
    shady  shadowed  shadowy  umbrageous 
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