Unbodied vs Shadowy - What's the difference?
unbodied | shadowy | Related terms |
(archaic) disembodied; without a body; separated from the body
*{{quote-book, year=1802, author=William Priest, title=Travels in the United States of America, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Immediately the unbodied souls of my ancestors appeared before me. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1864, author=George MacDonald, title=A Hidden Life and Other Poems, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Thou who didst come unbodied and alone, Ere yet the sun was set his rule to keep, Or ever the moon shone, Or e'er the wandering star-flocks forth were driven! }}
*{{quote-book, year=1917, author=Charles S. Brooks, title=There's Pippins And Cheese To Come, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Their unbodied heads, wherever they may be, are still smiling on the world, despite their divorcement. }}
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
(of character) Dark, obscure.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 19
, author=Kerry Brown
, title=Kim Jong-il obituary
, work=The Guardian
Unbodied is a related term of shadowy.
As adjectives the difference between unbodied and shadowy
is that unbodied is (archaic) disembodied; without a body; separated from the body while shadowy is in shadow; darkened by shadows.unbodied
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(er)- He sat in a shadowy corner.
- He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
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