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Significats de shadowy en anglès

Lacking clarity or distinctness.

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Filled with shade.

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Examples for "faint"
Examples for "faint"
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These faint traces you left that say however softly: I was here.
A monster's notes
2
Macklin had been building a hope, however faint, that they might survive.
Swan Song
3
However, he could not suppress a faint hope and he listened carefully.
Agent 6
4
Yet, the faint cries for help plus some dull thumping noises continue.
The Irish Times
5
As he said this, he felt a faint question disturb his thoughts.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
1
However, the future is looking dim and the present is not blinding.
The Guardian
2
These are really ideal for dim sum, but either type works fine.
The ultimate rice cooker cookbook: 250 no-fail recipes for pilaf...
3
The Trump campaign took a dim view of Mr Biden's economic proposals.
BBC
4
Here she saw in the dim light something moving in the water.
Queer Stories for Boys and Girls
5
The atmosphere of the ball was heavy; the lamps were growing dim.
Madame Bovary
1
Media reports are often incomplete and government reports are sometimes deliberately vague.
The Guardian
2
Privacy and data protection: The UK Data Protection Act is quite vague.
The Guardian
3
The vague form was exactly where it had been ten minutes ago.
Carte Blanche
4
Her economic and energy arguments were vague heralds of free market wish-fulfillment.
The Guardian
5
The family relationships are suspended in a similarly vague state of antagonism.
The Guardian
1
His voice, though as wispy as brushing leaves, somehow reached Jute: 'Greetings.
Assail
2
Mist rolled in off the water, shrouding the car in wispy clouds.
The Heiresses
3
That wispy memory could only have come from an intense face-to-face encounter.
Dayworld Rebel
4
I see her rewoven, now a young girl with wispy blond braids.
Crewel
5
Its fur was long and wispy, like the fur of a yak.
Sons of the Oak

Lacking in substance.

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Ús de shadowy en anglès
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The interbank market connects strong banks with weaker counterparts and shadowy lenders.
Reuters
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Then the shadowy appearance of the two becomes visible in the mist.
The Two Destinies
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The other she left in the shadowy corner of the piano-forhim.
The Child of Pleasure
4
It rose shadowy there in the pale concourse, swaying in ghostly breezes.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
5
The lost float up in shadowy forms, and wail in whispered despair.
Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography
6
There was no answer; the shadowy figure on the chest never moved.
The New Magdalen
7
Karhidish came, however, to take on a shadowy substance in my mind.
The Left Hand of Darkness
8
Crouched back in shadowy ranks, the old tombs were draped in mystery.
Greyfriars Bobby
9
The blue mountainous shores slipped past in shadowy line against the stars.
The Centaur
10
Even the old woman in the shadowy corner had ceased her mouthing.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
11
The real people behind the stories remain elusive, shadowy and still unheard.
The Guardian
12
It is difficult to clothe such shadowy abstractions in clear, simple form.
Halleck's New English Literature
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The three disappeared together into the shadowy darkness of the house wall.
Steve Yeager
14
It was a long way from the cramped, shadowy labs at MIT.
Timescape
15
The other lingered, his sentimental eyes gleamed silvery in the shadowy face.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
16
They haven't come back yet, explained Jimmy, pointing toward the shadowy treeline.
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