Definitions for shady
ˈʃeɪ dishady

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fly-by-night, shadyadjective

   (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous

   "a shady operation"

2. louche, shadyadjective

   of questionable taste or morality

   "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"

3. fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousadjective

   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"

4. shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageousadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shadyadjective

   Abounding in shades.

2. shadyadjective

   Causing shade.

3. shadyadjective

   Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.

4. shadyadjective

   Not trustworthy; Unfit to be seen or known.

   He is a shady character.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shadyadjective

   Etymology: from shade.

   1. Full of shade; mildly gloomy.

   The wakeful bird
   Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid
   Tunes her nocturnal note. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   Stretch’d at ease you sing your happy loves,
   And Amarillis fills the shady groves. Dry.

   2. Secure from the glare of light; or sultriness of heat.

   Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer, and warm for winter. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shady

   Shady generally refers to a place protected from direct sunlight, therefore having lower light levels and temperatures. In a metaphorical or colloquial sense, shady can also refer to something or someone that is doubtful, suspicious, dishonest, or disreputable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shady

   abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade

2. Shady

   sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat

3. Shady

   of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shady

   Shady is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Woodstock and lies on New York State Route 212.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shady

   1- Associated with Shady Records or Eminem "Yeah... Shady... Aftermath... G-Unit! Unit!"-- 50 Cent, Just A Lil' Bit 2- A term used to describe someone who acts suspicious or is involved in illegal activities 3-somone who acts fu**ed up toward you is shady

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHADY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shady is ranked #27260 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shady surname appeared 887 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shady.
   
   93.4% or 829 total occurrences were White.
   1.9% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 16 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.2% or 11 total occurrences were Black.
   0.9% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for shady »

1. dashy

How to pronounce shady?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shady in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shady in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of shady in a Sentence

1. Christina Georgina Rossetti:

   When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree. Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet And if thou wilt, remember And if thou wilt, forget.

2. Marsha Blackburn:

   The Attorney General should immediately appoint a special counsel to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden's business dealings with Communist China, joe and Hunter Biden have been long intertwined with Beijing and profited off shady business deals with the CCP.

3. Theresa May:

   It feels like some major values that we all share in Europe have been undermined for whatever shady reasons, so to just, you know, blindly keep going in the direction of a cliff like lemmings, I don't get it. All I know is I'm not going to be a winner out of this situation.

4. The FCC:

   Scam artists have found that sending us messages about a package you never ordered or a payment that never went through along with a link to a shady website is a quick and easy way to get us to engage on our devices and fall prey to fraud.

5. George Santos:

   I’ve been on the Trump train, far before Trump was ever president, far before he announced, we’re talking, Apprentice days, the ‘you’re fired’ slogan to the birth certificate – release of Obama’s, you know, shady birth certificate, so on and so forth.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shady
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shady
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=shady
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shady
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shady
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html