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Meanings of ghostly in English

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Resembling or characteristic of a phantom.

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Usage of ghostly in English
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The furniture and pictures were in ghostly draperies; everything was in confusion.
The Plum Tree
2
And clumps of trees in the distance stood ghostly in the haze.
Fifty-One Tales
3
In the corridor were other faces, like ghostly shadows in the darkness.
The Courage of Captain Plum
4
Two days ago Yezzan had not heard the pale mare's ghostly hoofbeats.
A Dance with Dragons
5
It rose shadowy there in the pale concourse, swaying in ghostly breezes.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
6
If there was a ghostly presence, could she help it get free?
Ghosts
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Isolated soldiers with nuclear weapons, assailed by mobs of unseen, ghostly presences.
Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
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She did not see the grotesque and ghostly objects in the gloom.
Their Yesterdays
9
The whole forest world was wan and ghostly in the mysterious light.
The Snowshoe Trail
10
Shadow was certain he had seen it before, this ghostly, birdlike figure.
American Gods
11
Although the resulting images could be well-defined, they made everything look ghostly.
The Guardian
12
For a second, Willy heard the ghostly wail of her daughter's voice.
In the night room: a novel
13
There is another ghostly house and it is in the United Provinces.
Indian Ghost Stories / Second Edition
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As if somehow the ghostly memories bring his spirit to my present.
Something wicked
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The wind rustled in the pine trees with a ghostly, mysterious sound.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
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Aaath Ulber peered into the tree itself, and saw a ghostly form.
Chaosbound
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
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