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What is the adjective for shadily?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb shade which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

shady
  1. Abounding in shades.
  2. Causing shade.
  3. Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
  4. (informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.
  5. (Britain, slang) Mean, cruel.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. shaded, shadowy, dim, umbrageous, bosky, dark, leafy, sheltered, bowery, covered, screened, sunless, arboured, protected, shadowed, shrouded, tenebrous, Cimmerian, cloudy, cool, umbriferous, umbrous, adumbral, chiaroscuro, dappled, dusky, indistinct, vague, in the shade, under a cloud, under the trees, out of the sun, secure, shielded, insulated, safe, protective, ensconced, immune, downwind, leeward, leeside, suspicious, dubious, questionable, suspect, fishy, unethical, unscrupulous, devious … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “The trout fisher will find ample employment in the still backwaters at the side of the stream underneath the shady fringe of wood.”
      “It seems that, in order to avoid taxes, a shady agreement was reached in which close relatives were made part owners of the property.”
      “That would be his salvation, receiving love and understanding from a woman who knew his shady past but did not judge him.”
shaded
  1. Being in the shade, not in direct light.
  2. Having a slight colour added (of a diagram or picture) or being slightly darkened as if in the shade.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. shady, shadowy, umbrageous, bosky, leafy, sheltered, dim, screened, shadowed, cloudy, cool, umbrous, adumbral, dusky, indistinct, vague, under a cloud, out of the sun, dark, sunless, covered, tenebrous, umbriferous, Cimmerian, dappled, in the shade, under the trees, umbral, gloomy, caliginous, crepuscular, umbrose, funereal, murky, tenebrious, bowery, shrouded, protected, arboured, obscure, chiaroscuro, poorly lit … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “They were usually under their mother's care, while she made all of her baskets and hats in a shaded corner of the village square.”
shadeless
  1. Without shade: exposed, not sheltered from the sun.
  2. Without shades of colour.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. hueless, uncolored, tingeless, toneless, colorless, colourless, drab, dull, faded, flat, pale, undyed, tintless, neutral, unpainted, achromic, achromatic, unstained, white, uncoloured, without color, monochrome, greyscale, grayscale, black-and-white, not in color, black and white, gray, grey, shaded, pastel, light-toned, beige, washed out, cream, indistinct, greige, sand, taupe, oatmeal, ecru, buff, fawn, stone-coloured, indefinite, stone, insipid, mushroom, light-colored, putty … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “In Long Beach Lot, the traffic missing from Blue Highway slumbers in the smoggy sunset, guarded by a ring of shadeless palms.”
      “Hardly moved in, he evinced not the slightest discomfort with rugless floors, shadeless bulbs, and an unseasonable chill.”
      “The way-side is becoming shadeless and another generation will behold spots, now rife with beauty, desecrated by what is called improvement.”
shadable
  1. Of a drawing, etc.: capable of being shaded.
shadelike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a shade.
shadeful
  1. Full of shade; shady.
shadeable
  1. Alternative form of shadable
shaderless
  1. (computer graphics) Without the use of shaders.
shadier
  1. comparative form of shady: more shady
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shadowier, dimmer, boskier, darker, leafier, cloudier, cooler, duskier, vaguer, more shaded, more umbrageous, more sheltered, more bowery, more sunless, more protected, more shrouded, more tenebrous, more umbriferous, more adumbral, more dappled, more indistinct, more crepuscular, more moonlit, more caliginous, gloomier, more tenebrious, more funereal, murkier, more umbrose, obscurer, fishier, dodgier, shiftier, seedier, sharper, shonkier, sketchier, slipperier, slier, snider, sneakier, benter, faster, trickier, more suspicious, more dubious, more questionable, more suspect, more unethical … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Although he was outwardly respectable, he was known to have underworld connections and to have used a notorious thug in his shadier dealings.”
      “Conversely plants that languish in the too hot summer can survive happily in a shadier place with more humidity and slightly damper soil.”
      “Its natural vegetation consists largely of wild pines, with beeches and, occasionally, firs in the shadier areas.”
shadiest
  1. superlative form of shady: most shady
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shadowiest, dimmest, boskiest, darkest, leafiest, cloudiest, coolest, duskiest, vaguest, most shaded, most umbrageous, most sheltered, most bowery, most sunless, most protected, most shrouded, most tenebrous, most umbriferous, most adumbral, most dappled, most indistinct, most crepuscular, most moonlit, most caliginous, gloomiest, most tenebrious, murkiest, most funereal, most umbrose, obscurest, fishiest, dodgiest, shiftiest, seediest, sharpest, shonkiest, sketchiest, slipperiest, sliest, snidest, sneakiest, bentest, fastest, trickiest, most suspicious, most dubious, most questionable, most suspect, most unethical … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Now was he self-confessed as a principal in one of the shadiest of them all.”
      “Thousands of soldiers lay on the grass in the shadiest places they could find.”
      “The shadiest and worst bits of the economy, including natural resources and infrastructure, are notably bereft of outsiders.”
shading
  1. present participle of shade
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shadowing, covering, screening, sheltering, shielding, protecting, adumbrating, clouding, eclipsing, umbraging, veiling, inumbrating, masking, overshadowing, shuttering, blocking out, casting a shadow, blocking off the light to, shutting out the light from, casting a shadow over, shutting out the light, hiding, disguising, concealing, cloaking, obscuring, shrouding, camouflaging, enshrouding, curtaining, suppressing, occulting, blanketing, belying, enveloping, caching, blotting out, covering up, stifling, smothering, muffling, secreting, boarding up, stopping something being overheard, doing on the sly, bushing up, burying, secluding, stashing, blinding … more
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