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shady

Dictionary definition · shady

adjective

  1. quiet, dark, or concealed"her shady past intrigued him"
  2. not as expected"there was something fishy about the accident"
  3. of questionable honesty or legality"He established a dummy company through which he laundered vast sums of cash from shady middlemen and arms dealers"
  4. filled with shade"the shady side of the street"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).