Shadowy vs Dusky - What's the difference?
shadowy | dusky | Related terms |
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
(of character) Dark, obscure.
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Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
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(dated) dark-skinned
:* In the raw attempt to apply the perfected institutions of Anglo-Saxon civilization to the descendants of the dusky races which inhabited Mexico before the discovery of America by Columbus, the Mexican statesmen of 1824 put the principles of democratic government to a terrible ordeal.
ashen, greyish skin coloration
A dusky shark.
A dusky dolphin.
As adjectives the difference between shadowy and dusky
is that shadowy is in shadow; darkened by shadows while dusky is dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).As a noun dusky is
a dusky shark.shadowy
English
Adjective
(er)- He sat in a shadowy corner.
- He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
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dusky
English
Adjective
(er)- I like it when it is dusky , just before the street lights come on.
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- The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.
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- This man in shock has a silver colored dusky skin tone.