penumbrous

penumbrous
adjective /pɪˈnʌmbrəs/
a) partially shaded.

the penumbrous calm of the cathedral interior

I wouldnt trust him at all, he seems like a penumbrous character to me.


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  • lightless — adj dark, pitch dark, dark as night, nightly, nightlike, unlighted, unlit, unilluminated, aphotic, tenebrous, obscure, Literary. darkling; black, black as ink, inky, pitchy, jetblack, nigrescent; ill lighted, poorly lit, dim, dull, faint, dusky,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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