What is the meaning of shady?

adjective

  • Of businesses and businessmen. ( unscrupulous)
    • usage: "a shady operation"
  • Of questionable taste or morality.
    • usage: "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
  • Not as expected.
    • usage: "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"
  • Filled with shade.
    • usage: "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"
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