adumbral

[ a-duhm-bruhl ]

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adjective

shadowy; shady.

Origin of adumbral

1835–45; ad- + Latin umbr(a) shade, shadow + -al¹

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How to use adumbral in a sentence

Then he began to stumble through the adumbral forests to find a road.
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British Dictionary definitions for adumbral

adumbral

/ (ædˈʌmbrəl) /

adjective

usually poetic shadowy

Origin of adumbral

C19: from ad- (in the sense: in) + Latin umbra shadow

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