1.
[syn: shade, shadiness, shadowiness]
2. of questionable honesty or legality;
- Example: "they acted with such obvious shadiness that they were instantly recognizable"
- Example: "the shadiness of their transactions"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shadiness \Shad"i*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being shady.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shadiness
n 1: relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by
an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's
too much shadiness to take good photographs" [syn: shade,
shadiness, shadowiness]
2: of questionable honesty or legality; "they acted with such
obvious shadiness that they were instantly recognizable";
"the shadiness of their transactions"