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ghostliness

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ghost⋅ly

  [gohst-lee]
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–adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est.
1. of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
2. Literary. spiritual.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE gāstlīc. See ghost, -ly

Related forms:
ghost⋅li⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. wraithlike, phantom, ghostlike, unearthly.
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ghost·ly   (gōst'lē)   
adj.   ghost·li·er, ghost·li·est

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a ghost, a wraith, or an apparition; spectral.

  2. Of or relating to the soul or spirit; spiritual.

ghost'li·ness n., ghost'ly adv.
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