shadinessn.
/ˈʃeɪdɪnɪs/ The quality or condition of being shady.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > [noun]
shadiness1611
sneakingnessa1691
sneakiness1859
sneakishness1895
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [noun] > state or quality of
shadiness1611
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > shadiness or fishiness
shadiness1611
fishiness1919
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [noun] > casting of a shadow > overshadowing > shadiness
shadiness1611
umbrageousness1614
umbrosity1646
umbraciousness1661
umbriferousness1727
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Opacité, opacitie, shadinesse, vmbrage.
1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox xii. 361 The..Shadiness of the Chamber.
1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. ii. 82 It is difficult to see the bird in the woods, on account of..the shadiness of its dwelling-places.
1913 N.E.D. at Shadiness Mod. I agree with you as to the shadiness of their transactions.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1611- up the boohai
- up the creek
- up the duff
- up the flue
- up the line
- up the peril of my soul
- up the point to
- up the pole
- up the river
- up the road
- up the spout
- up the stick
- up the straits
- up the wall
- up the wazoo
- up the wind
- up there
- up till
- up to
- up to a bit of no good
- up to a certain point
- up to a point
- up to code
- up to date
- up to dick