[gast-lee, gahst-] 
adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est, adverb | 1. | shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder. |
| 2. | resembling a ghost, esp. in being very pale: a ghastly look to his face. |
| 3. | terrible; very bad: a ghastly error. |
| 4. | Also, ghast⋅li⋅ly, ghast⋅i⋅ly. in a ghastly manner; horribly; terribly. |
| 5. | with a deathlike quality. |
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