What is "shadier"

Shady \Shad"y\, a. [Compar. Shadier; superl. Shadiest.]

1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.

   The shady trees cover him with their shadow.
   --Job. xl. 2

2. And Amaryllis fills the shady groves.
   --Dryden.

   2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.

   Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter.
   --Bacon.

3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; of questionable character; unsavory; equivocal; dubious, corrupt, or criminal; as, a shady character; -- of people or activities. [Colloq.] ``A shady business.''
   --London Sat. Rev.

   Shady characters, disreputable, criminal.
   --London Spectator.

   On the shady side of, on the thither side of; as, on the shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. [Colloq.]

   To keep shady, to stay in concealment; also, to be reticent. [Slang]

a. (en-comparativeshady)

1. adj. of businesses and businessmen; "a fly-by-night operation" [syn: fly-by-night]

2. of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting" [syn: louche]

3. 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" [syn: fishy, funny, queer, suspect, suspicious]

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" [syn: shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous]

5. [also: shadiest, shadier]

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