ghostly
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (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”Synonyms: apparitionalghostlikephantasmalspectralspiritual
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
Ghostly \Ghost"ly\, adv. Spiritually; mystically. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]