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Definition of ghostly adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ghostly

adjective
 
/ˈɡəʊstli/
 
/ˈɡəʊstli/
(comparative ghostlier, superlative ghostliest)
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  1. looking or sounding like a ghost; full of ghosts
    • a ghostly figure
    • ghostly footsteps
    • the ghostly churchyard
    • The airfield was bathed in the ghostly glow of a searchlight.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGhostly is used with these nouns:
    • echo
    • figure
    • glow
    • …
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    Word OriginOld English gāstlic, from gāst ‘ghost’.
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