shaded

[ shey-did ]

adjective

, Printing.

1. noting or pertaining to an ornamented type in which a thin white line appears along one edge of each of the main strokes of a character.

Other Words From

• shaded·ness noun
• well-shaded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shaded¹

First recorded in 1575–85; shade + -ed ²

Example Sentences

It’s possible the females’ more regular use of shaded habitats blunts the effect of higher temperatures.

From Science News

About 90 percent of the canopy was intact on shaded coffee plots versus about 60 percent for restored forest areas, on average.

From Science News

The sites are largely shaded and place campers close to the Blue Ridge Parkway, the best way to quickly get around to the area’s many draws.

From Outside Online

With this canopy tent, you’ll be able to stay shaded and cool thanks to its UPF50 sun protection rating, meaning it can screen out 98 percent of direct UV sunlight.

From Popular-Science

Even though it has a spacious, shaded courtyard and a large rooftop deck, there can still be lines down the block for big matches.

From Washington Post

And anyway, if Brecht did not want us to feel for Mother Courage, why did he make her so richly shaded and humanly fallible?

From The Daily Beast

Barack Obama, his face shaded in patriotic hues, captioned “HOPE.”

From The Daily Beast

“Look there,” he said, flicking his machete at the shaded ground.

From The Daily Beast

I can contemplate my own death without unease, but every goodbye to one of my children is shaded by dread.

From The Daily Beast

Deadlock: each side will think their man shaded the other, the surest definition of a stalemate.

From The Daily Beast

She sat in a distant corner of the formal room discreetly lit by a shaded lamp.

From Project Gutenberg

The broad veranda was shaded by a clump of tall banana-trees, swaying to and fro in the gentle breeze.

From Project Gutenberg

The warmest land is chosen—mellow and free from stones or shaded by trees and prepared as if for a garden.

From Project Gutenberg

One shaded lamp high up near the ceiling served to light all the cubicles, which were heated by small charcoal stoves.

From Project Gutenberg

But, with your consent, we will trip lightly over all that part of our hero's history which is shaded with blemishes.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dusky
• leafy
• screened
• sheltered