Shadowiness (Noun)
Meaning
Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The old tree's massive trunk created an area of shadowiness on the forest floor where ferns and wildflowers thrived.
- The detective had to be careful not to fall into the shadowiness of the alleyway where his suspect might be lurking.
- After hiking through the bright desert all morning, the hikers were grateful to find some shadowiness under a rocky outcropping to rest.
- The cinematographer carefully adjusted the lighting to create a moody shadowiness in the film's pivotal scene.
- In the stillness of the night, the forest was bathed in an eerie shadowiness that made every sound seem amplified.