different between darksome vs shadowy

English

Etymology

From dark +? -some.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??ks?m/

Adjective

darksome (comparative more darksome, superlative most darksome)

1. (poetic) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
   • 1799, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Love

     That sometimes from the savage den,
     And sometimes from the darksome shade,
     And sometimes staring up at once
     In green and sunny glade.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter XII, pages 221-222

     […] to cross the silent hall, to ascend the darksome staircase, to seek my own lonely little room, […]

   Synonyms: shaded, cheerless

English

Etymology

shadow +? -y

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æd.o?.i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??æd.??.i/
• Hyphenation: shad?owy

Adjective

shadowy (comparative shadowier, superlative shadowiest)

1. In shadow; darkened by shadows.

   He sat in a shadowy corner.

2. (of character) Dark, obscure.

   He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
3. (figuratively) Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.
4. (rare, dated) Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.

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