Read the dictionary definition of shadowy. All definitions for this word.
1. filled with shade
1. the shady side of the street
2. the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
3. we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
4. cool umbrageous woodlands
2. lacking in substance
1. strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds
2. dim shadowy forms
3. a wraithlike column of smoke
3. lacking clarity or distinctness
1. a dim figure in the distance
2. only a faint recollection
3. shadowy figures in the gloom
4. saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
5. a few wispy memories of childhood