shadiest

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shadiest - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shady \Shad"y\, a. [Compar. Shadier; superl. Shadiest.]
     1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade;
        causing shade.
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              The shady trees cover him with their shadow. --Job.
                                                    xl. 22.
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              And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. --Dryden.
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     2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
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              Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for
              summer and warm for winter.           --Bacon.
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     3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be
        seen or known; of questionable character; unsavory;
        equivocal; dubious, corrupt, or criminal; as, a shady
        character; -- of people or activities. [Colloq.] "A shady
        business." --London Sat. Rev.
  
              Shady characters, disreputable, criminal. --London
                                                    Spectator.
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     On the shady side of, on the thither side of; as, on the
        shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. [Colloq.]
        
  
     To keep shady, to stay in concealment; also, to be
        reticent. [Slang]
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