Antonyms for shadiness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : shey-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪ di |
Definition of shadiness
Origin :- "affording shade," 1570s; "protected by shade," 1590s; from shade (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "disreputable" (1862) probably is from earlier university slang sense of "of questionable merit, unreliable" (1848). Related: Shadily; shadiness. Old English had sceadlic "shady, 'shadely.'"
- noun indirection
- I feel gratefully the coolness and shadiness and quiet of the room.
- Extract from : « The Moonstone » by Wilkie Collins
- There was a difference of opinion among a lot of the men at lunch as to the shadiness or not of some transaction.
- Extract from : « A Secret of the Lebombo » by Bertram Mitford
- When I took them to my room to wash their hands they sighed with pleasure at its shadiness and quiet.
- Extract from : « In the Mountains » by Elizabeth von Arnim
Synonyms for shadiness
- artifice
- bunk
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- corruption
- craft
- craftiness
- criminality
- crookedness
- cunning
- deceit
- deviousness
- dishonesty
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- faithlessness
- falsehood
- falsity
- flimflam
- fourberie
- fraud
- fraudulence
- graft
- guile
- hanky-panky
- hocus-pocus
- improbity
- infamy
- infidelity
- insidiousness
- mendacity
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- racket
- rascality
- sharp practice
- shiftiness
- slyness
- sneakiness
- stealing
- swindle
- treachery
- trickery
- trickiness
- underhandedness
- unscrupulousness
- wiliness
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