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In Fitzgerald’s classic book, Gatsby is a man who successfully, if shadily, works his way to a fortune, which he spends on a Long Island mansion where he hosts extravagant soirees.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Campus leaders tolerated coaches who were repeat offenders and lunged at big cash deals with sneaker companies they knew were operating shadily.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2018

Meanwhile there are flip-phone calls to answer, shadily suppressed court documents to requisition, and whole library shelves of clergy directories to comb through for evidence of systemic malfeasance.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2015

NBC then very publicly and shadily wronged her, leaking rumors about her job status to the press, rumors that Curry told USA Today “hurt deeply.”

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2012

The Sister drew the bed-clothes shadily round Charlie's face.

From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John