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SHADOWINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shadowiness mean?
• SHADOWINESS (noun)
The noun SHADOWINESS has 1 sense:
1. relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
Familiarity information: SHADOWINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Context example:
there's too much shadiness to take good photographs
Hypernyms ("shadowiness" is a kind of...):
semidarkness (partial darkness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shadowiness"):
shadow (shade within clear boundaries)
Derivation:
shadowy (filled with shade)
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