[
UK
/ɡˈəʊstli/
]
[ US /ˈɡoʊstɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈɡoʊstɫi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
resembling or characteristic of a phantom
spiritual tappings at a seance
a ghostly face at the window
spectral emanations
a phantasmal presence in the room
How To Use ghostly In A Sentence
- The brothers then went on tour, filling theatres with ghostly music, flying coats and spirit voices.
- But while the mysterious circumstances of the tragedy keep on adding up, the ghostly presence of her partner seems intent on having his say. The Sun
- Interrupted by just the squat Marble Mountains, we sit insignificantly at the hub of a huge disc of sand curving to every horizon, beneath a dome of stars and the ghostly light of a thin crescent moon.
- You start in the catacombs but beware ghostly ghouls at every turn!
- Soon all that was left was nothing more than a ghostly echo of a guilty conscience.
- The whole thing was a ghostly celebration taking place against a background of collapse and ruin.
- The figure of a ghostly old woman dressed in a white dress and cape has appeared beside a hollow in the road. Times, Sunday Times
- He is a ghostly white. Times, Sunday Times
- She opened her eyes to look around the room she was in, but could only see dim shapes in the ghostly moonlight.
- Ghostly singing and piano riffs are heard from time to time; scenes end with Hedda downstage center staring at the audience, sometimes followed by her hideous cackle.