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The word "shady" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something that is suspicious and untrustworthy. For example, "She has been known to be a bit shady with her business practices."
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Shady
adjective
Abounding in shades.
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The reason is that there were real abuses of the system; organised gangs behind bulk claims; shady advisers cooking up scams.
This is shady practice and reminiscent of the car parking wheel clampers a few years ago.
Inside the building's shady stairwells, the character for "expropriation" has been written and circled in red over stained walls.
We sunbathed on the roof terrace with views of the dusty city skyline; practised yoga in the riad's courtyard under a shady palm tree; had an introduction to reiki in the salon; and were scrubbed and pummelled in the hammam.
The interior is very simple, but you'll be outside the whole time anyway, lounging in the shady seating area or in a swing chair on the roof terrace.
It has stark walls, polished concrete floors, oversized Anglepoise lamps and butterfly chairs on the raised veranda, and an internal courtyard has a table for shady breakfasts and candlelit suppers.
Formerly rubbish-strewn squares are being converted into picturesque gardens, draped in jacaranda and hydrangeas, with fountains and shady corners to sit in, and although there is some concern that Tangier will become as overly-sanitised and developed as Marrakesh, it seems unlikely that the city will change that radically.
This one was right on the beach – hence my dash into the sea – with a shady lounge tent to escape the heat.
But he gets a little shady when he's taking shots at his colleagues without looking at the work.
During his previous term in power, from 2006 to 2010, Smer was constantly in hot water over graft, but Fico was frequently able to blame it on two rather shady coalition partners, neither of which won seats in the legislature this time around.
But the somewhat shady deal left open the question of when exactly the Austrians would take their share.
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