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shadowily
adverb
uk /ˈʃæd.əʊ.əl.i/ us /ˈʃæd.oʊ.əl.i/
shadowilyadverb (DIFFICULT TO SEE)
in a way that is dark and hard to see:
Our eyes detected a figure shadowily visible against the wall.
Millie thought she saw a bear lurking shadowily in the woods.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Darkness & becoming dark
blackness
darken
darkened
darkness
dim
dimly
dimness
dingily
dingy
inky
pitch darkness
pitchy
plunge someone/something into darkness
semi-darkness
shade
shaded
shadow
silhouette
silhouetted
twilight
shadowilyadverb (MYSTERIOUS)
in a way that is mysterious and about which little is known:
The relationship between the two organizations was only shadowily defined until we uncovered evidence of sinister dealings taking place between them.
Secrets that had only been shadowily visible started to come to the surface.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unknown and unfamiliar
alien
alienly
alienness
anti-foreign
anti-foreigner
not be in someone's vocabularyidiom
obscure
obscurely
obscurity
pig
shadowy
the outside worldidiom
unchartered
uncommon
uncracked
undefined
unexplored
unsung
untried
unused
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