definition of
shadowy

[1] #1 shadowy s. [shady, shadowed, umbrageous] 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". wn

[2] #2 shadowy s. [dim, faint, vague, wispy] lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood". wn

[3] #3 shadowy s. [wraithlike] lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke". wn