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| Main Entry: |
shady
 [shey-dee] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark, covered |
| Synonyms: | adumbral, bosky, chiaroscuro, cloudy, cool, dim, dusky, indistinct, leafy, out of the sun, screened, shaded, shadowed, shadowy, sheltered, umbrageous, umbrous, under a cloud, vague |
| Antonyms: | bright, light, open |
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Example Sentences
- His lighting heightens the chiaroscuro effect and brings out all the details of face, manner and clothes.
- The violently contrasted chiaroscuro effects and the thrust of the brushwork charge the scene with dramatic intensity.
- Her realist scenes are made all the more dramatic by chiaroscuro.
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