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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ghast•ly /ˈgæstli/USA pronunciation adj., -li•er, -li•est. - shockingly frightful or dreadful;
horrible:a ghastly murder. - resembling a ghost:a ghastly pallor.
- serious;
very bad:a ghastly error.
ghast•li•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ghast•ly (gast′lē, gäst′-),USA pronunciation adj., -li•er, -li•est, adv. adj. - shockingly frightful or dreadful;
horrible:a ghastly murder. - resembling a ghost, esp. in being very pale:a ghastly look to his face.
- terrible;
very bad:a ghastly error.
adv. - Also, ghast′li•ly, ghast′i•ly. in a ghastly manner;
horribly;
terribly. - with a deathlike quality.
- 1275–1325; Middle English gastly; see ghast, -ly
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deathlike, pallid, cadaverous.
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