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shady in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- 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
- (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
"a shady operation"
fly-by-night shady
- of questionable taste or morality
"a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
louche shady
- 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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