by jigga.fromcali. May 18, 2003

Generally meaning someone who is mysterious or difficult to understand; someone who tends to stay in the background.
Can also be used more offensively to describe someone who is or seems to be untrustworthy, sneaky and unrespectable.
Can also be used more offensively to describe someone who is or seems to be untrustworthy, sneaky and unrespectable.
I want to get to know him, but he's so shady, it will take some time.
I don't trust her, she seems really shady.
I don't trust her, she seems really shady.
by Kurtney November 5, 2007

by Tisha January 10, 2002

N. Wales, archaic but still in current use
1. suspicious 2. cruel 3. a bad situation out of your control 4. (jocular) a bad or unwanted set of circumstances
1. suspicious 2. cruel 3. a bad situation out of your control 4. (jocular) a bad or unwanted set of circumstances
"They wouldn't let me into the club last night cause they said my Ben Sherman shirt was too scruffy, it was hell of a shady"; "I dropped my kebab on the way home, it was dead shady"
by Joe Shoo January 8, 2005


by MDOC August 25, 2006

1. That musta looked mad shady when I walked up to Chris at work, handed him $20, then left.
2. Slim Shady is the only respectable white rapper.
3. That Shady hoodie was $80.
2. Slim Shady is the only respectable white rapper.
3. That Shady hoodie was $80.
by deeee May 19, 2004
