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Shady

Definition: Shady

Shady

Adjective

1. Of businesses and businessmen; "a fly-by-night operation".

2. Of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting".

3. (informal) 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. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "shady" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Shady \Shad"y\, adjective. [Comparative Shadier; superlative Shadiest.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Shady

DomainDefinition

Industry

General terms referring to variations in the shade of dyed textile materials, excluding ending. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Shady On the shady side of forty - the wrong side, meaning more than forty. As evening approaches the shadows lengthen, and as man advances towards the evening of life he approaches the shady side thereof. As the beauty of the day is gone when the sun declines, the word shady means inferior, bad, etc.; as, a shady character, one that will not bear the light; a shady transaction, etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang

Adjective. Source: Comes from the word shady, meaning hidden from light or the sun, in darkness. Definition: Shady refers to a situation that borders on inappropriate, or has a possibility of making someone uncomfortable. Context: When saying that something is "shady", you are usually in a group of friends who understands what shady means, and will probably agree with your opinion. Social Source: Young Life leaders. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
 Adjective. Source: Shady as the opposite of sunshine and plesantness? This is my guess. Definition: Describes an unsavvy businessman, one who rips people off and is not to be trusted. Context: This is a term used to describe someone who doesn't practice good karma in their drug deals, someone who would sell you something that you don't want or would sell you less of something than what you paid for. Social Source: Univ. of Oregon Drug Scene. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
 Adj. Source: Unknown. Definition: A place or thing that looks bad or could involve trouble. Context: Shady involves going somewhere that is bad. Social Source: Theta Chi Fraternity. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
 Noun. Source: Comes from the word shade. Definition: A screen against light. Context: A word used by Berkeley youth to describe a person or object that has done something outside of the norm. Social Source: Kids from Berkeley, California. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
 Adjective. Source: Unknown. Definition: Bad. Context: Used to desribe something that is unsatisfactory or not to a person's liking. Social Source: Sigma Kappa Sorority. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Shady

Synonyms: fishy (adj), fly-by-night (adj), funny (adj), louche (adj), queer (adj), shadowed (adj), shadowy (adj), suspect (adj), suspicious (adj), umbrageous (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Shady

English words defined with "shady": Agrostis alba, arbor, arboraceous, arboreous, arbourbargain, bower, bowerydealfishy, Frescade, funnyindirectmeadow rueOn the shady side of, Orchard grasspergola, Poa nemoralisqueerShadeful, Shadily, shadowed, shadowy, silvan, suspect, suspicious, sylvanumbrageous, Umbrosewood meadowgrass, woodsy, woody. (references)
Specialty definitions using "shady": BOWER, BOWERYZalmonah. (references)
Etymologies containing "shady": umbrageous. (references)

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Modern Usage: Shady

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'm Slim Shady. Yes, I'm the real Slim Shady (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Shady got his last night (Diamonds Are Forever; writing credit: Richard Maibaum)

That Tomas is shady. But have you noticed, he never says what country he's from (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

Then you sit under a nice shady tree and relax (White Heat; writing credit: Virginia Kellogg; Ivan Goff)

Lyrics

Slim shady hotter then a set of twin babies (Forgot About Dre; performing artist: Dr. dre)

Industry shady it need to be taken over (Izzo (H.O.V.A.); performing artist: Jay-Z)

Behind a shady tree ("Jack and Diane"; performing artist: John Cougar Mellencamp)

Don't be so shady (Sweet Thing; performing artist: Mary J. Blige)

Movie/TV Titles

The Shady Shadow (1967)

Shady Lady (1945)

The Shady Lady (1928)

Shady Rest (1926)

The Shady Hill Kidnapping (1982)

Song Titles

Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane, The (performing artist: The Ames Brothers)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Shady

DomainTitle

Books

  • Andrew McGroundhog and His Shady Shadow (reference)

  • Shady Grove (reference)

  • Slightly Shady (reference)

  • The Shady Border (reference)

  • The Shady Garden: A Practical Guide to Planning & Planting (Wayside Gardens Collection) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Eminem - The Slim Shady World Show (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Shady

Photos:
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Photo Album: Shady

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Wake-Robin Trillium (Trillium albidum) in Shady Cove. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) at Shady Cove, near the Rogue River. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

The Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) found in Shady Cove. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) at Aunt Caroline's Park in Shady Cove. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa) found near the Rogue River at Shady Cove. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Tomcat Clover (Trifolium willdenovii) at Shady Cove. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Catchfly (Silene campanulata) at Shady Cove near the Rogue River. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Wild Cucumber, also called the Coast Manroot, (Marah oreganus) found at Shady Cove near the Rogue River. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Tall Oregon Grape (Berbis aquifolium) at Shady Cove near the Rogue River. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Scotch (Scot's) Broom, a noxious weed, (Cytisus scoparius) along the Rogue River Drive at Shady Cove. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Shady
 

"A cup of tea in the shady summ" by Karin Jonsson
Commentary: "Sit down for a cup of tea in the summer."
"Shady Bench" by Eoghan Mcnally
Commentary: "Takin a break from the festival, in the shade outside the bull ring,Pamplona."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Shady

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Deer ticks are most often found in wooded areas and nearby shady grasslands, and are especially common where the two areas merge. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Shady

"Shady" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.28% of the time. "Shady" is used about 276 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)99.28%27417,727
Noun (proper)0.72%2245,945
                    Total100.00%276N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Shady

The following table summarizes the usage of "shady" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
ShadyLast name17049,446
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Shady


1. Shady, NY
Zip Code(s): 12409
Country: USA

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Expression: Shady

Expressions using "shady": a shady nook be on the shady side of fifty on the shady side of on the shady side of fourty shady business Shady Cove shady customer Shady Dale shady dealings shady deals Shady Grove Shady Hills shady looking customer Shady Point shady public house shady question Shady Shores Shady Side shady spot Shady Spring shady transaction shady transactions Shady Valley shady walk To keep shady. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "shady": semi-shady.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Shady

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

slim shady

1,046

shady cove oregon

51

record shady

697

shady grove adventist hospital

51

real slim shady

370

gear shady

46

aftermath shady

202

shady.com slim

42

limited shady

181

clothing line shady

40

shady

172

shady lady

40

clothing shady

130

eminem slim shady

39

aftermath record shady

115

shady side md

36

the slim shady lp

94

the slim shady show

34

shady wear

92

please real shady shut slim up will

34

ltd shady

84

picture of slim shady

34

grove hospital shady

81

eminem the real slim shady

32

shady maple

81

shady oak

32

shady grove

68

mixtape record shady

31

shady brady

68

slim shady ep

31

records.com shady

66

aftermath.com shady

28

slim shady lyrics

65

eminem the real slim shady lyrics

26

lyrics real slim shady

62

slim shady world

26

clothing limited shady

57

clothes shady

24

shady brady hat

55

maple restaurant shady

24
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Shady

Language Translations for "shady"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

me hije (cloudy), i keq (bad, bad tempered, baleful, blinking, bodeful, cancerous, catty, cheesy, crook, dark, defective, dubious, evil, heavy, ill, ill disposed, ill natured, ill-conditioned, lousy, low-grade, malign, malignant, nasty, naughty, perverse, poor, punk, shoddy, sinister, ugly, vicious, vile, wicked), i errët (abstruse, addle, ambiguous, arcane, black, blind, cloudy, dark, darkling, darksome, deep, delphian, delphic, dim, dingy, dusky, foggy, fuscous, gloomy, indeterminate, inky, low-browed, mirk, misted, muddy, murk, murky, nebulous, nigrescent, obscure, opaque, recondite, sable, sad, secret, somber, sombre, tenebrous), dyshues (distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, incredulous, leery, mistrustful, queer, suspicious, wary). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏غامض (abstruse, ambiguous, cloudy, deep, dim, double faced, dreamy, enigmatic, evasive, fuzzy, grave, hazy, impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, inscrutable, intangible, lax, magic, magical, misty, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, obscure, occult, opaque, puzzling, recondite, secret, sketchy, slippery, sloppy, uncertain, unintelligible, vague, woolly), ‏ظليل (covert, shadowy, umbrageous). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съмнителен (alleged, ambiguous, amphibious, dingy, disputable, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, fly-by-night, hedge, hole-and-corner, indeterminate, moot, off beat, phoney, precarious, problematic, queer, questionable, screwy, seedy, shaky, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unsure, vague), сенчест (shadowy, tenebrous, umbrageous), тъмен (black, blackish, cimmerian, dark, darkling, darksome, deep, dense, dusk, dusky, esoteric, fuscous, inky, low-browed, murky, neutral, obscure, opaque, overcast, sad, somber, sombre, sooty, unlit), непочтен (discreditable, dishonest, dishonorable, dishonourable, disreputable, fishy, foul, oblique, sharp, twisty, underhand), засенчест (shadowy), долнопробен (cheap, hedge, seedy, trashy), долен (abject, base, bottom, contemptible, currish, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inferior, iniquitous, low, lower, low-grade, mangy, mean, mean-spirited, rascal, ratty, reptile, rotten, scaly, scurvy, under, unworthy, vile, villainous). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

陰涼 , (cloudy, feminine, moon, negative, overcast, Yin), 背陰 (in the shade), (cloudy), 遮荫, 曖昧 (ambiguous, illicit), 不三不四 (dubious, neither fish nor fowl, neither one thing nor the other, nondescript). (various references)

   

Czech

  

stinný (shadowy, umbrageous), temný (dark, gloomy, hollow, murky, obscure, sad, somber, sombre), podezřelý (fishy, phoney, phony, queer, suspect, suspicious), pochybný (devious, disreputable, dodgy, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, murky, problematical, questionable, seamy, seedy, specious, suspect, unsavory). (various references)

   

Danish

  

nuancering (matching, shade, shaded, shading, topping). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kleurverloop (shaded, shading). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مرموز (Cryptic, Exotic, Inscrutable, Mysterious, Recondite, Unaccountable, Unco, Weird), مشکوک (Doubtful, Dubious, Esoteric, Precarious, Questionable, Skeptic, Suspicious, Uncertain), سایه افکن (Shadowy), سایه دار (Shadowy, Umbrageous). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sävyn vaihtelu (shaded, shading), sävyn muutos (shaded, shading), varjoinenvarjoisa (affording shade), hämäräperäinen (obscure). (various references)

   

French

  

vague (shadowy), véreux, ombragé (shadowy), nuancé (shaded, shading), louche (shifty), dégradé (shaded, shading). (various references)

   

German

  

schattig (shadily, shadowy, umbrageous). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ύποπτος (suspicious), ύπουλοσ (catty, hangdog, insidious, insinuate, perfidious, sneak, sneaker, sneaky, underhand, underhanded), σκιώδησ (shadowy), σκιές απόχρωσης (shaded, shading), σκιερόσ (bowery, shadowy, umbrageous), σκιερός, σκοτεινόσ (black, dark, dim, dingy, dusk, murky, obscure, opaque, recondite, somber, sombre). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מוצל (shadowy), מצל, נותן צל. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

árnyas (adumbral, bosky, bowery, umbrageous), árnyékos (adumbral, shaded, shadowy), kétes (dicey, dingy, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, louche, obscure, precarious, queer, questionable, unassured), gyanús (bung, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, liable to suspicion, queer, suspect, suspicion, suspicious, to give rise to suspicion). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

bumbun (heap, pile, shelter for hunters), adem (cold, cool, flat, tasteless). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sfumatura (nuance, shade, shading, tapering, tinge, tint, touch), ombroso (nervous, shaded, shadowy, skittish, touchy), losco (sinister, sly, suspicious, unsavory, unsavoury), fresco (blooming, breezy, chilly, cool, coolness, crisp, fresh, green, new, recent, virgin, wet), equivoco (ambiguity, ambiguous, dubious, equivocal, equivocalness, equivocation, fishy, misapprehension, misunderstanding, shifty, underhand). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

胡散臭い (suspicious looking), (black-marketeering, dark, darkness, illegal, the dark), 後ろ暗い (back or underhanded), 小暗い (dim, dusky). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おぐらい (dim, dusky), うしろぐらい (back or underhanded), うさんくさい (suspicious looking), こぐらい (dim, dusky), やみ (black-marketeering, dark, darkness, illegal, the dark). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

그늘지는 (Shadier, Shadiest). (various references)

   

Manx

  

scaagh (bashful, shadowy, timid), scaadooagh (shadowing, shadowy), ouryssagh (agnostic, disputable, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, mistrusting, moot, questionable, sceptic, sceptical, suspecting, suspicious). (various references)

   

Mohawk

  

yorahkwawerhon (it is shady). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adyshay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

suspeito (doubtful, equivocal, fishy, queer, questionable, spotted, suspect, suspicious), variação da tonalidade (shaded, shading), que protege do sol, que dá sombra, escuso, desonesto (cambered, crooked, devious, dishonest, drossy, false, immodest, impure, knavish, light-fingered, low-down, nasty, sharp, shifty, thievish, tortuous, unchaste, unfair, unfaithful, untrustworthy), de honestidade duvidosa, com sombra (umbrageous). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

suspect (doubtful, doubtful person, dubious, equivocal, fishy, queer, questionable, suspect, suspicious, suspiciously), umbros (adumbral, darksome, thick, umbrageous), umbrit (overlaid with clouds, shadowy), umbratic, necurat (accursed, cursed, dark, devilish, dishonest, dishonorable, dishonourable, dubious, funny, suspicious, unclean), interlop, echivoc (ambiguity, ambiguous, doubt, equivocal, equivocation, equivoque, multivocal, quibble, suspicious), dubios (doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, questionable, suspicious, uncertain), ambiguu (ambiguous, ambiguously, double, doubtful, equivocal, multivocal). (various references)

   

Romany

  

senya. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

темный (black, blackish, blind, cimmerian, dark, darksome, dun, gloomy, ignorant, lowering, mirk, murk, murky, obscure, sable, shadowy, somber, sombre, sunless, tenebrous, unlit). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sumnjiv (doubtful, fishy, questionable, suspect, suspicious), senovit (bowery, shadowy, umbrageous), hladovit (shadowy). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sospechoso (dubious, fishy, leery, shifty, suspect, suspicious, under a cloud), sombreado (shading, shadow, shadowy, umbrageous), umbrío, turbio (cloudy, dim, dimly, mirk, muddy, murk, murky, roily, thick, troubled, underhand), que da sombra, matizado (hill shading, matching, shaded, shading, tinting). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skuggig (bowery, shaded, shadowy). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เต็มไปด้วยร่มเงา, น่าสงสัย (doubting, fishy, queer, ropey, sceptical, suspect, suspicious). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

namussuz (dishonest, dishonorable, dishonourable, faithless, rascal, rascally, tortuous, unchaste, uncleanly), loş (dusk, dusky, gloomy, obscure, shadowy, somber, sombre), karanlık (clouded, dark, darkling, darkness, deep, deepness, dun, dusky, foggy, funny, funny peculiar, gloom, gloominess, gloomy, inkiness, murk, murky, night, obscuration, obscure, obscurity, pitchy, shadow, shadowy, somber, somberness, sombre, sombreness, tenebrous, unlit), kötü (bad, badly, black, chintzy, devilish, dread, dreadfull, evil, feeble, fierce, grotty, harmful, haunted, hedge, hellish, horrible, horrid, ill, indifferent, iniquitous, lousy, malign, mis-, miscreant, miserable, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, off, offensive, poor, poorly, portentous, purple, rough, seamy, sinister, sticky, stinking, ugly, unhallowed, unrighteous, vicious, wicked, worse, wrongful), gölgeli (clouded, cloudy, cloudyly, shadowy), gölge gibi (shadowy), şüpheli (chancy, contestable, creaky, debatable, discredited, disputable, dodgy, doubtful, dubious, dubitative, equivocal, fishy, funny, funny peculiar, hazardous, indecisive, indefinable, murky, nebulous, precarious, problematic, problematical, sceptical, screwy, shadowy, shaky, skeptical, speculative, suspect, suspenseful, suspicious, umbrageous, uncertain, unconvincing). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

kцlegli. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сумнівний (apocryphal, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, indeterminate, naughty, off color, off colour, precarious, problematic, problematical, queer, risky, uncertain), тінистий (bowery, shaded, shadeful, shadowy), поганий (bad, bum, cheesy, deplorable, doggerel, ill, inferior, nasty, naught, naughty, objectionable, one horse, punk, rubbishy, sour, third rate, unlovely, weak). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

mờ ám, khả nhi hơn bốn mươi tuổi, có bóng râm, có bóng mát; trong bóng mát; bị che ám muội. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cysgodol (sheltered). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Shady

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

nemorosa, opacus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Shady

LanguageDateSourceEzekiel Chapter 31, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintIdou assour kuparissoV en tw libanw kai kaloV taiV parafuasin kai uyhloV tw megeqei eiV meson nefelwn egeneto h arch autou
Latin405VulgateEcce Assur quasi cedrus in Libano pulcher ramis et frondibus nemorosus excelsusque altitudine et inter condensas frondes elevatum est cacumen eius
Middle English1395WyclifLoo! Assur as a cedre in Liban, fayr in braunches, and bouwis ful of wode, and heiy in heiythe; and the top therof is reisid vp amonge thicke bouwis.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBehold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Victorian English1833WebsterBehold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shady cover, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Basic English1964OgdenSee, a pine-tree with beautiful branches and thick growth, giving shade and very tall; and its top was among the clouds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Shady

LanguageEzekiel Chapter 31, Verse 3
CebuanoAnia karon, ang Asiriahanon maoy usa ka kahoy nga cedro sa Libano uban ang matahum nga mga sanga, ug uban ang landong nga sama sa lasang, ug tindog nga hataas; ug ang tumoy niini anaa sa madasok nga mga sanga.
CroatianUsporedit æu te, evo, s cedrom libanonskim, lijepih grana, gusta lišæa i debla visoka: vrh mu do oblaka seže.
DanishSe, du er en Libanonceder med smukke Grene og skyggefuld Krone, høj af Vækst, hvis Top rager op i Skyerne;
DutchZie, Assur was een ceder op den Libanon, schoon van takken, schaduwachtig van loof, en hoog van stam, en zijn top was tussen dichte takken.
FinnishKatso, Assur oli setri Libanonilla, kaunislehväinen, taajavarjoinen, korkeakasvuinen, ja sen latva oli tiheän lehvistön keskellä.
FrenchVoici, l`Assyrie était un cèdre du Liban; Ses branches étaient belles, Son feuillage était touffu, sa tige élevée, Et sa cime s`élançait au milieu d`épais rameaux.
GermanSiehe, Assur war wie ein Zedernbaum auf dem Libanon, von schönen Ästen und dick von Laub und sehr hoch, daß sein Wipfel hoch stand unter großen, dichten Zweigen.
Haitian CreoleBon. Ou tankou yon pye sèd nan peyi Liban avèk gwo bèl branch li yo plen fèy ki bay gwo lonbraj, yon pyebwa byen wo ak tèt li pèdi nan nwaj yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariEngkau seperti cemara Libanon yang gagah penuh cabang yang rimbun dan indah. Batangnya lurus dan lempang puncaknya mencapai awan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa sesungguhnya Asyur dahulu seperti pohon araz di atas Libanon, elok cabang-cabangnya dan banyak naung daun-daunnya dan tinggi batangnya, sehingga mercunya sampai di awan-awan.
ItalianEcco, l'Assiria era un cedro del Libano, bello di rami e folto di fronde, alto di tronco; fra le nubi era la sua cima.
MaoriNana, he hita i Repanona te Ahiriana, he pai nga manga, pururu tonu, marumaru tonu, he roa rawa, purero rawa; i roto ano tona kouru i nga manga pururu.
NorwegianSe, Assur var en seder på Libanon med fagre grener, en skyggende skog og høi av vekst, og hans krone nådde op mellem skyene.
PortugueseEis que o assírio era como um cedro do Líbano, de ramos formosos, de sombrosa ramagem e de alta estatura; e a sua copa estava entre os ramos espessos.   
RumanianIatq cq Asirianul era un cedru falnic kn Liban; ramurile lui erau stufoase, frunziwul umbros, tulpina knaltq, iar vkrful ki ajungea pknq la nori.
RussianчПФ, бУУХТ ВЩМ ЛЕДТ ОБ мЙЧБОЕ, У ЛТБУЙЧЩНЙ ЧЕФЧСНЙ Й ФЕОЙУФПА МЙУФЧПА, Й ЧЩУПЛЙК ТПУФПН; ЧЕТЫЙОБ ЕЗП ОБИПДЙМБУШ УТЕДЙ ФПМУФЩИ УХЮШЕЧ.
SpanishHe aquí que consideraré al cedro del Líbano, de ramas hermosas, que ensombrecía al bosque. Era de gran altura, y su copa estaba entre las nubes.
SwedishSe, du är ett ädelt träd, en ceder på Libanon, med sköna grenar och skuggrik krona och hög stam, en som med sin topp räcker upp bland molnen.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Shady

Misspellings

"Shady" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chady, Chadyr, Haddy, hady, saday, sady, sadye, Schudi, Shaadi, shaby, Shadey, Shadi, shadir, shado, shadoy, shafy, shagy, shamy, shardly, shary, Shayi, sheady, shindy, shody, Shudy, szady, Tshudi, zady. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Shady"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "shady" (pronounced shā"dē)
3-ā" d ēlady.

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Anagrams: Shady

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dashy.

Words within the letters "a-d-h-s-y"

-1 letter: ashy, dahs, dash, days, hays, shad, shay.

-2 letters: ads, ash, ays, dah, day, had, has, hay, sad, say, sha, shy, yah.

-3 letters: ad, ah, as, ay, ha, sh, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-h-s-y"
 

+1 letter: hydras, shandy.

 

+2 letters: hayseed, heydays, hydrase, ladyish, shadfly, shadily, shadowy, washday, whydahs.

 

+3 letters: athodyds, dandyish, dayshift, eyeshade, halyards, hayrides, hayseeds, haywards, headstay, headways, holidays, holydays, hyaloids, hydatids, hydrants, hydrases, hydrates, jadishly, ladyfish, ladyship, rhapsody, sashayed, shamoyed, shipyard, toadyish, washdays.

 

+4 letters: aldehydes, anhydrous, ashamedly, babyhoods, birthdays, caddishly, chlamydes, chrysalid, dahabiyas, dashingly, daylights, dayshifts, diaphyses, diaphysis, dyarchies, dysphagia, dysphasia, dysphasic, dysphonia, dysphoria, eyeshades, haulyards, hayfields, headstays, hendiadys, hideaways, husbandly, husbandry, hydracids, hydragogs, hydranths, hydrators, hydrolase, hyracoids, ladyhoods, ladyships, shadberry, shadowily, shipyards.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Cities
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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