Shadowy
Shadowy , adjective
1.
Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
Shadowy verdure.
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods.
2.
Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
The shadowy past.
3.
Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
The moon... with more pleasing light,
Shadowy sets off the face things.
4.
Faintly representative; hence, typical.
From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit.
5.
Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy
and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death.