Adjective

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Abounding in shades.

Causing shade.

* Bible, Job xl. 22

The shady trees cover him with their shadow.

Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.

* Francis Bacon

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

(informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.

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.

(UK, slang) Mean, cruel.

''Don't be shady , give us a go.

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Adjective

(en adjective)

Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

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, volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal , and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}

Forbidden by established rules.

(philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country.

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# (chiefly, US, sometimes, offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.