Antonyms for ghostly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : gohst-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgoʊst li

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Definition of ghostly

Origin : Old English gastlic "spiritual, holy; clerical;" also "ghostly, spectral, pertaining to or characteristic of a ghost;" see ghost + -ly (1). Related: Ghostliness.

adj spooky

Example sentences :

Ghostly and dark the room became, and full of lowering shadows.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Thrice he breaks water, a white and ghostly apparition from the deep.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

I suppose you would go away and leave me alone in this ghostly light.'
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

I tried to follow my ghostly father's direction, but how hard it was to do so!
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

There could be no doubt now of the ghostly smile that played upon his face.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

In the ghostly greyness he got a clearer and clearer sight of the monster.
Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst

This rock in the inner crater was gray, pale and ghostly in the earthlight.
Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin

Last night my father's ghostly hands dragged me from the convent.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

“He will speak,” came to me the ghostly, terrified murmur of her voice.
Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

"This is serious," he went on, distilling his ghostly venom into Heyst's very ear.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for ghostly

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