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Definition of shady
shady
adjective
- related to immorality or illegality.
Their company has been involved in some shady dealings.
Citation from "Dan On the Run", The Good Guys (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 13 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: suspicious, immoral, illegal.
Last edited on Dec 12 2010. Submitted by Jose Arellano from Lubbock, TX, USA on Sep 22 1997.
- suspicious.
Citation from "5 Minute Delay Scuttles Chance at $40 Billion Air Force Deal", Wired, Noah Shachtman, Aug 7 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: suspicious, immoral, illegal.
Last edited on Aug 07 2010. Submitted by Jose Arellano from Lubbock, TX, USA on Sep 22 1997.
- unclear or purposely misleading.
He's being shady about what went on.
He is being very shady about why he didn't bother texting you back.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lie.
Last edited on Apr 13 2015. Submitted by Jose Arellano from Lubbock, TX, USA on Sep 22 1997.
- dangerous.
That's a shady part of town.
- See more words with the same meaning: dangerous.
Last edited on Apr 15 1998. Submitted by Karl from Boston, MA, USA on Apr 15 1998.
- untrustworthy.
So you gone send that shady-ass fool over there with you money?
That loser is way too shady to waste my precious time with.
Last edited on Apr 13 2015. Submitted by M. Dollaz from Palatka, FL, USA on Sep 19 2013.
verb - transitive
- to ignore someone socially. British.
He shadied me in favour of that slag.
- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
Last edited on Nov 30 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 09 2010.
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