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SHADOWINESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

Example:

there's too much shadiness to take good photographs

Synonyms:

shade; shadiness; shadowiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("shadowiness" is a kind of...):

semidarkness (partial darkness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shadowiness"):

shadow (shade within clear boundaries)

Derivation:

shadowy (filled with shade)

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