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[ gohst-lee ] / ˈgoʊst li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ghostly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, ghost·li·er, ghost·li·est.of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral. Literary. spiritual. Origin of ghostlybefore 900; Middle English; Old English gāstlīc.See ghost, -ly SYNONYMS FOR ghostly1 wraithlike, phantom, ghostlike, unearthly. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ghostly ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM ghostlyghost·li·ness, nounun·ghost·ly, adjectiveWords nearby ghostlyghost dance, ghostfish, ghost fishing, ghost gum, ghosting, ghostly, ghost moth, ghost net, ghost prisoner, Ghosts, ghost shrimp Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ghostlyA storage building became a ghostly concrete frame lit bright orange. Raging Protesters Set Ferguson on Fire|Justin Glawe|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST One month after the operation, Holm arrived in a ghostly Stanleyville posing as a State Department representative. ‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Dakota, a co-op residence on the Upper West Side, is historically known for its ghostly figures. New York’s Scariest Night Out: The Ghosts, Rats, and Lunatics of ‘Nightmare New York’|Justin Jones|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Meanwhile, Only Lovers Left Alive uses the city as a character as undead and ghostly as its human leads. Can Hollywood Rejuvenate Detroit and America’s Bankrupt Cities?|David Levesley|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To explain this ghostly occurrence, we get a dollop of gossip concerning the recent death of a hated bishop. The Forgotten Russian: The Genius of Nikolai Leskov|Benjamin Lytal|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST And was the four-funnelled, twin-screwed Parana but a ghostly ship bearing a cargo of haunted souls into their earthly purgatory? The Wild Olive|Basil King Another moment and Danny was at the foot of the ghostly pine-tree, staring upward at the crisscross of its naked branches. America First|Frances Nimmo Greene “He will speak,” came to me the ghostly, terrified murmur of her voice. The Arrow of Gold|Joseph Conrad The pale, ghostly light that surrounded it like a nimbus gave it a monstrous character. The Gray Phantom's Return|Herman Landon By night it is ghostly, and beside it the river whispers strange tragedies.
British Dictionary definitions for ghostly
adjective -lier or -liestof or resembling a ghost; spectrala ghostly face appeared at the window suggesting the presence of ghosts; eerie archaic of or relating to the soul or spirit Derived forms of ghostlyghostliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ghostlyspectral, scary, eerie, shadowy, supernatural, ghastly, weird, cadaverous, divine, haunted, holy, illusory, insubstantial, pale, phantom, spiritual, uncanny, unearthly, wan, deathlike |