shadowy

Adjective

• lacking in substance
  • strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds- W.A.Butler
    
  • dim shadowy forms
    
  • a wraithlike column of smoke
    

• lacking clarity or distinctness
  • a dim figure in the distance
    
  • only a faint recollection
    
  • shadowy figures in the gloom
    
  • saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
    
  • a few wispy memories of childhood
    

• filled with shade
  • the shady side of the street
    
  • the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
    
  • we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
    
  • cool umbrageous woodlands
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  wraithlike , dim , faint , vague , wispy , shady , shadowed , umbrageous