shady
    adj 1: (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady
           operation" [syn: fly-by-night, shady]
    2: of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a
       louche painting" [syn: louche, shady]
    3: 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" [syn: fishy, funny, shady,
       suspect, suspicious]
    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" [syn:
       shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous]

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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