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View synonyms for adumbral

adumbral

[ a-duhm-bruhl ]

adjective

  1. shadowy; shady.


adumbral

/ ædˈʌmbrəl /

adjective

  1. poetic.
    shadowy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adumbral1

1835–45; ad- + Latin umbr ( a ) shade, shadow + -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adumbral1

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

When this circular adumbral and pluvial roofing had to be adapted to the female head, it was found advisable to fasten it down to the cranium—not, indeed, by any screw driven therein, nor by any intriguing with the locks of woman's hair, but by the simple expedient of ribands passing under the chin.

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