1.
[syn: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ghostly \Ghost"ly\, a. [OE. gastlich, gostlich, AS. g[=a]stlic.
See Ghost.]
1. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual;
as, a ghostly confessor.
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Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies. --Book
of Common
Prayer [Ch. of
Eng. ]
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One of the gostly children of St. Jerome. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. Of or pertaining to apparitions. --Akenside.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ghostly \Ghost"ly\, adv.
Spiritually; mystically. --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ghostly
adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly
face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room";
"spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
[syn: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly,
phantasmal, spectral, spiritual]