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shadowy

 
 
/ˈʃædəʊi/ adjective

Translation

DARK dark and full of shadows
gölgeli, loş, karanlık
in a shadowy corner1500
SECRET secret and mysterious
gizemli, bilinmeyen, gizli
the shadowy world of espionage1985
(Definition of shadowy adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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