• IPA: /ˈʃeɪdi/

shady (comparative shadier, superlative shadiest)

1. Abounding in shades.
2. Causing shade.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Job 40:22 ↗:

     The shady trees cover him with their shadow.

3. Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building

     you may have rooms both for summer and winter; shady for summer, and warm for winter

4. (informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.

   He is a shady character.

   • 2009: Stuart Heritage ↗, Hecklerspray ↗, Friday the 22^nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About ↗”

     Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.

5. (UK, slang) Mean, cruel.

   ''Don't be shady, give us a go.

• (not trustworthy) corrupt, dodgy, dubious, equivocal, seedy, sketchy, suspicious

• French: ombragé
• German: schattig
• Italian: ombroso, ombreggiato
• Portuguese: sombroso, umbroso
• Spanish: umbroso

• German: schattenspendend, Schatten spendend
• Italian: opacus
• Spanish: umbrío

• German: schattig
• Portuguese: sombreado
• Russian: тенистый

• French: louche
• Italian: losco, bieco, torvo, ambiguo
• Portuguese: suspeito, duvidoso, escuso
• Russian: подозри́тельный

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