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ghostly

[gohst-lee]

ghost·ly

[gohst-lee]
adjective, ghost·li·er, ghost·li·est.
1.
of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
2.
Literary. spiritual.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English gāstlīc. See ghost, -ly

ghost·li·ness, noun
un·ghost·ly, adjective


1. wraithlike, phantom, ghostlike, unearthly.

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ghostly (ˈɡəʊstlɪ)
 
adj , -lier, -liest
1.  of or resembling a ghost; spectral: a ghostly face appeared at the window
2.  suggesting the presence of ghosts; eerie
3.  archaic of or relating to the soul or spirit
 
ghostliness
 
n

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