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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. resembling or characteristic of a phantom;
- Example: "a ghostly face at the window"
- Example: "a phantasmal presence in the room"
- Example: "spectral emanations"
- Example: "spiritual tappings at a seance"
[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. [1913 Webster] Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies. --Book of Common Prayer [Ch. of Eng. ] [1913 Webster] One of the gostly children of St. Jerome. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to apparitions. --Akenside. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ghostly \Ghost"ly\, adv. Spiritually; mystically. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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]