Shadiness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The property of being shady. uncountable, usually
"The autumn fields were autumn woods now—oak and beech and maple shadiness—as if they had ridden backward through the years of cultivation into primeval forest. The air was cool with mystery as well as with the shadiness."
- 2 questionable honesty or legality wordnet
- 3 relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body wordnet
Example
More examples"The autumn fields were autumn woods now—oak and beech and maple shadiness—as if they had ridden backward through the years of cultivation into primeval forest. The air was cool with mystery as well as with the shadiness."
Etymology
From shady + -ness.
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