SHADOWY, SHADY Copy link • SHADOWY, SHADYopacus: umbrosus (the distinction between which, perhaps, is like that of shadowy and shady, but which probably was hardly observed or noticed; umbrifer, however = throwing a shade over, or affording shade, is poetical). This shady plane-tree, platanus, quae ad opacandum hunc locum patulis est diffusa ramis. Unsubstantial, Vid: Typical, Vid.