Cryptic and Shady

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Cryptic

Cryptic adjective - Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain.
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Shady and cryptic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shady" instead an adjective "Cryptic".
Nearby Words: crypt, cryptograph, cryptography, cryptographic, cryptically

Shady

Shady adjective - Protected from the sun's rays.
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Cryptic and shady are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cryptic" instead an adjective "Shady".
Nearby Words: shadow, shade, shaded, shading, shad

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  • Recap / Doctor Who S34 E5 "Time Heist" Subverted with the shady and ruthless Architect, who's no more than a set of cryptic instructions from The Twelfth Doctor being his own, scary self.
    Source: Recap / Doctor Who S34 E5 "Time Heist"
  • Film / The Matrix However, he claims one of his grievances with Morpheus is the admittedly shady way that Morpheus gains new recruits by piquing their interest with cryptic conversations and not telling them the truth about the real world being a bombed-out wasteland until after they've already made their decision.
    Source: Film / The Matrix
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