shadowy

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* 527 ORGANIZATIONS: Electronically filed financial records beginning in the 2004 election cycle for the shadowy issue-advocacy groups known as 527s, which can raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, labor unions and individuals.

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  1. adjective Relating to or resembling a shadow.
  2. adjective Full of or dark with shadow. See Synonyms at dark.
  3. adjective Lacking distinctness; faint.
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  • * 527 ORGANIZATIONS: Electronically filed financial records beginning in the 2004 election cycle for the shadowy issue-advocacy groups known as 527s, which can raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, labor unions and individuals. —  YubaNet.com
  • The Islamic State of Iraq is a shadowy, al-Qaeda-linked, Islamist umbrella group that in 2006 declared an independent caliphate in mainly Sunni West Baghdad, as well as in areas to the north and west. —  Right Truth
  • If the motives of agents in the other shows included are shadowy, the motivation for —  PopMatters
  • She saw him--shadowy, graceful against the dim gray of the river and sky--lean ever so slightly toward her. —  Conjuror's House A Romance of the Free Forest
  • In some void, shadowy, and unknown land —  The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems
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  1. from Middle English shadewy; from shadow + -y. Cf. shady.
 

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