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/a dum"breuhl/, adj.shadowy; shady.[1835-45; AD- + L umbr(a) shade, shadow + -AL1]
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adumbral — [ad um′brəl] adj. [see ADUMBRATE] in shadow; shady … English World dictionary
adumbral — adjective Dark, shady. See Also: umbral … Wiktionary
adumbral — /ædˈʌmbrəl/ (say ad umbruhl) adjective shadowy; shady. {ad + Latin umbr(a) shadow + al1} …
adumbral — a. shadowy … Dictionary of difficult words
adumbral — /a dum breuhl/, adj. shadowy; shady. [1835 45; AD + L umbr(a) shade, shadow + AL1] … Useful english dictionary
shady — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. shadowy, indistinct; informal, uncertain, questionable, sinister. See cloudiness, improbity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Shaded] Syn. dusky, shadowy, adumbral, in the shade, sheltered, out of the sun … English dictionary for students
dark — [adj1] lack of light aphotic, atramentous, black, blackish, caliginous, Cimmerian, clouded, cloudy, crepuscular, darkened, dim, dingy, drab, dull, dun, dusk, dusky, faint, foggy, gloomy, grimy, ill lighted, indistinct, inky, lightless, lurid,… … New thesaurus
shady — [adj1] dark, covered adumbral, bosky, cloudy, cool, dim, dusky, indistinct, leafy, out of the sun*, screened, shaded, shadowed, shadowy, sheltered, umbrageous, umbrous, under a cloud, vague; concepts 485,617 Ant. bright, light, open shady [adj2]… … New thesaurus
