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Definition of Shadowiness
1. Noun. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body. "There's too much shadiness to take good photographs"
Generic synonyms: Semidarkness
Specialized synonyms: Shadow
Derivative terms: Shade, Shady, Shady, Shadowy
Definition of Shadowiness
1. n. The quality or state of being shadowy.
Definition of Shadowiness
1. Noun. The state or property of being shadowy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shadowiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadowiness
Literary usage of Shadowiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Passages from the American Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1868)
"The shadowiness of the clouds overhead made the effect of the sunlight strange
where it fell. September.—The elm-trees have golden branches intermingled ..."
2. The Poetic Year for 1916: A Critical Anthology by William Stanley Braithwaite (1917)
"Never the least stir made the listeners, Though every word he spake Fell echoing
through the shadowiness of the still house From the one man left awake: Ay, ..."
3. The Poetic Year for 1916: A Critical Anthology by William Stanley Braithwaite (1917)
"Never the least stir made the listeners, Though every word he spake Fell echoing
through the shadowiness of the still house From the one man left awake: Ay, ..."
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