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questionable
English
Alternative forms
- quæstionable (archaic)
Etymology
question +? -able
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kw?st???n?bl?/
- Hyphenation: ques?tio?nable
Adjective
questionable (comparative more questionable, superlative most questionable)
- Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
- It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
- 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, London: Macmillan, Volume I, Chapter 3, p. 28,[1]
- A crude, cold rain was falling heavily; the spring-time presented itself as a questionable improvement.
- Of dubious respectability or morality.
- Tiffiny’s behavior is highly questionable.
- 1920, Carolyn Wells, Raspberry Jam, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, Chapter 18, p. 302,[2]
- […] he had a love of money—a sort of acquisitiveness, that led him into questionable dealings.
- (obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 4,[3]
- Thou com’st in such a questionable shape
- That I will speak to thee.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 4,[3]
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shady
English
Etymology
From shade +? -y. Compare Saterland Frisian skaadich, skaddich (“shady”), German schattig (“shady”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?di/
- Rhymes: -e?di
Adjective
shady (comparative shadier, superlative shadiest)
- Abounding in shades.
- Causing shade.
- The shady trees cover him with their shadow.
- Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- you may have rooms both for summer and winter; shady for summer, and warm for winter
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- (informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.
- He is a shady character.
- 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
- Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
- (Britain, slang) Mean, cruel.
- Don't be shady, give us a go.
Synonyms
- (not trustworthy): corrupt, dodgy, dubious, equivocal, seedy, sketchy, suspicious
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