ghostly
adjective /ˈɡəʊstli/
/ˈɡəʊstli/
(comparative ghostlier, superlative ghostliest)
- looking or sounding like a ghost; full of ghosts
- a ghostly figure
- ghostly footsteps
- the ghostly churchyard
- The airfield was bathed in the ghostly glow of a searchlight.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGhostly is used with these nouns:- echo
- figure
- glow
- …
Word OriginOld English gāstlic, from gāst ‘ghost’.