a. 1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. “Shadowy verdure.” Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ] This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. “The shadowy past.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. [ 1913 Webster ] The moon . . . with more pleasing light,
Shadowy sets off the face things. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Faintly representative; hence, typical. [ 1913 Webster ] From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor. [ 1913 Webster ] Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy
and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
