Dowdy vs Shady - What's the difference?
dowdy | shady |
Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.
Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.
* 1891,
Abounding in shades.
Causing shade.
* Bible, Job xl. 22
Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
* Francis Bacon
(informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.
* 2009 :
(UK, slang) Mean, cruel.
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As adjectives the difference between dowdy and shady
is that dowdy is plain and unfashionable in style or dress while shady is abounding in shades.dowdy
English
Adjective
(er)- [...she was] a perfect saint amongst women, but so dreadfully dowdy that she reminded one of a badly bound hymn-book.
Derived terms
* dowd * dowdify * dowdily * dowdinessshady
English
Adjective
(er)- The shady trees cover him with their shadow.
- Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter.
- He is a shady character.
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- Jon & Kate Plus 8'' is a show based on two facts: 1)''' Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and '''2)''' the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a ' shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
- ''Don't be shady , give us a go.
