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Meanings of more ghastly in English

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Usage of more ghastly in English
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Then a still more ghastly thought surged up suddenly in my mind.
Recalled to Life
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Therefore, the nearer Morok approached, the more ghastly and livid he became.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 08
3
If anything, the putty-like pallor of his face became still more ghastly.
A Rogue by Compulsion: An Affair of the Secret Service
4
To an uninitiated onlooker, nothing could have been more ghastly or absurd.
The History of the Telephone
5
How might a woman ever do more ghastly deed for vengeance' sake?
The Nibelungenlied
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Think about it: what those butchers do is far more ghastly.
Catch and Kill
7
The infantry attack is the more ghastly, but the artillery the more awe-inspiring.
America's War for Humanity
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But a still more ghastly crime threw its baleful shadow over the people.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler
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Her position had become more impossible to alter and more ghastly.
The Butterfly House
10
The greenish light gave to its ugly features an even more ghastly cast.
The Great Book of Amber
11
Terror could not assume a shape more ghastly than this.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
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The afternoon's reports had been somewhat more ghastly than usual.
People Like That: A Novel
13
It was a sudden and more ghastly Night rushing upon the realm of Noon!
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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A bystander would have said that his face was the more ghastly of the two.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
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His ashen face became more ghastly in its hue.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
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As the priest sadly pointed to heaven, Jean paused, his face more ghastly than before.
The Honor of the Name
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