Preposition: for

• patch: Too shady for a vegetable patch but we may give it a go.

Modifies a noun

• nook: There are shady nooks under the trees to the rear in which to eat or simply relax.

• dealing: Due to shady record company dealings Blade sold the single from a bag he had slung over his shoulder.

• grove: After passing some metal gates on your right you enter a shady grove of trees.

• glade: Wilderness Walk, Skipton This is not so much a walk as a hidden shady glade.

• spot: Lunch will be held in a shady spot or on the coach.

• terrace: Each has a private shady terrace for al fresco dining.

Modifying Another Word

• partially: Plant in a partially shady spot or protect from the midday sun.

• somewhat: When planted in somewhat shady spots, the flowers will last longer than they would in the hot sun.

• slightly: Ingram Frizer is described as his ' man ' , and both of them are involved with Nicholas Skeres in slightly shady dealings.

• rather: Well, our life up town is really rather shady.

• too: If these are very dense, they will make the ground too shady for the growth of a diverse ground flora.

• very: Still fronting the lane, this is a very shady corner with some tall sheltering trees.

Used with adjective complement

• become: It disappears again once the trees regenerate and the habitat becomes shady.