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overshadowy

overshadowy adjective: overshadowing; casting a shadow over.

Adjective

overshadowy (not comparable)

  1. (rare) overshadowing; casting a shadow over.
    • I made a new channel over the meadow, gravelled its bed, and grassed its banks, and (last and best charity of all) protected its recovered course with overshadowy trees.1839, Nathaniel Parker Willis, A L'abri: Or The Tent Pitch'd

Questions about overshadowy

What does overshadowy mean?
Overshadowy means overshadowing; casting a shadow over.
What part of speech is overshadowy?
Overshadowy is an adjective.

Words near overshadowy in the dictionary

  1. overshadowing
  2. overshadowingly
  3. overshadowings
  4. overshadowment
  5. overshadows
  6. overshadowy
  7. overshake
  8. overshaken
  9. overshakes
  10. overshaking
  11. overshampoo

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