shady : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shady	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for shady
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shady adj (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady operation" Synonym(s): fly-by-night, shady of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting" Synonym(s): louche, shady 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" Synonym(s): fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious 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" Synonym(s): shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shady \Shad"y\, a. [Compar. {Shadier}; superl. {Shadiest}.] 1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade. The shady trees cover him with their shadow. --Job. xl. 22. And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. --Dryden. 2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat. Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter. --Bacon. 3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt. [Colloq.] [bd]A shady business.[b8] --London Sat. Rev. Shady characters, disreputable, criminal. --London Spectator. {On the shady side of}, on the thither side of; as, on the shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. [Colloq.] {To keep shady}, to stay in concealment; also, to be reticent. [Slang]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Shady, NY Zip code(s): 12409