shady
/ˈʃeɪdi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The shady trees cover him with their shadow."
- "you may have rooms both for summer and winter; shady for summer, and warm for winter"
- "I know the shadiest breeziest spots, hidden tables surrounded by trees that have lived longer than the neighborhoods around them."
- "He is a shady character."
- "No sunshine in my life, the way I deal is shady"
- "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."