Definition of ghostly in English:

ghostly

adjectiveghostliest, ghostlier ˈɡəʊs(t)liˈɡoʊs(t)li

Of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural.
a frightening, ghostly figure with a hood
Example sentencesExamples
- The story is connected to the present by a woman, renting a cottage in Haworth, who sees a ghostly figure.
- Her ghostly figure has been seen at the foot of the stairs by visitors and staff.
- Long gone are the days when all it took for a good fright was an unexpected ghostly face to appear onscreen.
- There have been reported sightings of a ghostly figure wandering through the pub in Shirley.
- Jackson has wide, ghostly eyes, unusually pale skin, and traces of a beard and moustache.
- Often eerie and ghostly, but always captivating, these songs simply demand your attention.
- Survivors, covered from head to toe in white dust, cut ghostly figures as they stood coughing.
- Outside, through the open door, ghostly fleets of bicycles glided past.
- The original house was built on an ancient graveyard and its last owner is rumoured to have fled in terror at the ghostly goings on.
- In the harsh light cast by the sun against the snow, she appeared ghostly, unreal, eerily beautiful.
- So that ghostly form that appears in front of your car at night may very well be a tawny.
- Strange noises, ghostly footsteps and ice cold winds haunt staff working late into the night.
- And there's no shortage of folk willing to go public about their ghostly experiences.
- A ghostly figure appeared next to Max and stood, watching the band with him.
- You start in the catacombs but beware ghostly ghouls at every turn!
- The ghostly blue light of a television flickered behind the curtains.
- Yet when we look again, they are simultaneously pale, frozen, ghostly and glassy eyed.
- Her eyes widened, as she stared at a ghostly figure, standing in the middle of the clearing.
- Her whole body has a ghostly appearance, although there's nothing to see through it.
- Paul's ghostly figure followed behind, unseen and undetected by everyone but her.
Synonyms
ghostlike, spectral, phantom, wraithlike, phantasmal, phantasmic, unearthly, unnatural, supernatural, other-worldly, insubstantial, illusory, unreal, shadowy, eerie, weird, uncanny, mysterious, magical, mystic, strange, abnormal, freakish
frightening, spine-chilling, hair-raising, blood-curdling, scaring, terrifying, petrifying, chilling, sinister
Scottish eldritch
informal creepy, scary, spooky, freaky
British informal rum

Derivatives

ghostliness

noun ˈɡəʊstlɪnəsˈɡoʊs(t)linəs

So far I have been assuming an understanding of ghosts and ghostliness, blithely employing these terms as if they were commonly understood, let alone accepted.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their efforts to make meaningful their cultural memories of their ancestral land often result in crises that awaken them to the ghostliness of their identities as Asian Americans.
- They are often populated by solitary horses which simultaneously transmit ghostliness and, conversely, surprising weighty presence.
- I took one last glance at the house, torn between its nostalgia and ghostliness, and jogged over to the car kicking up wet sand behind me as I did.
- A towering perennial, which takes on a stately ghostliness by late autumn, it needs a sheltered spot away from strong winds, which might buffet the stems to breaking point.

Origin

Old English gāstlic, from gāst 'ghost'.

Definition of ghostly in US English:

ghostly

adjectiveˈɡoʊs(t)liˈɡōs(t)lē

Of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural.
a ghostly figure with a hood
Example sentencesExamples
- Her eyes widened, as she stared at a ghostly figure, standing in the middle of the clearing.
- Her ghostly figure has been seen at the foot of the stairs by visitors and staff.
- There have been reported sightings of a ghostly figure wandering through the pub in Shirley.
- Survivors, covered from head to toe in white dust, cut ghostly figures as they stood coughing.
- So that ghostly form that appears in front of your car at night may very well be a tawny.
- The story is connected to the present by a woman, renting a cottage in Haworth, who sees a ghostly figure.
- And there's no shortage of folk willing to go public about their ghostly experiences.
- Outside, through the open door, ghostly fleets of bicycles glided past.
- A ghostly figure appeared next to Max and stood, watching the band with him.
- Strange noises, ghostly footsteps and ice cold winds haunt staff working late into the night.
- The ghostly blue light of a television flickered behind the curtains.
- The original house was built on an ancient graveyard and its last owner is rumoured to have fled in terror at the ghostly goings on.
- Jackson has wide, ghostly eyes, unusually pale skin, and traces of a beard and moustache.
- Paul's ghostly figure followed behind, unseen and undetected by everyone but her.
- Long gone are the days when all it took for a good fright was an unexpected ghostly face to appear onscreen.
- In the harsh light cast by the sun against the snow, she appeared ghostly, unreal, eerily beautiful.
- Her whole body has a ghostly appearance, although there's nothing to see through it.
- Yet when we look again, they are simultaneously pale, frozen, ghostly and glassy eyed.
- Often eerie and ghostly, but always captivating, these songs simply demand your attention.
- You start in the catacombs but beware ghostly ghouls at every turn!
Synonyms
ghostlike, spectral, phantom, wraithlike, phantasmal, phantasmic, unearthly, unnatural, supernatural, other-worldly, insubstantial, illusory, unreal, shadowy, eerie, weird, uncanny, mysterious, magical, mystic, strange, abnormal, freakish

Origin

Old English gāstlic, from gāst ‘ghost’.

单词	ghostly
释义	Definition of ghostly in English: ghostly adjectiveghostliest, ghostlier ˈɡəʊs(t)liˈɡoʊs(t)li Of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural. a frightening, ghostly figure with a hood Example sentencesExamples The story is connected to the present by a woman, renting a cottage in Haworth, who sees a ghostly figure. Her ghostly figure has been seen at the foot of the stairs by visitors and staff. Long gone are the days when all it took for a good fright was an unexpected ghostly face to appear onscreen. There have been reported sightings of a ghostly figure wandering through the pub in Shirley. Jackson has wide, ghostly eyes, unusually pale skin, and traces of a beard and moustache. Often eerie and ghostly, but always captivating, these songs simply demand your attention. Survivors, covered from head to toe in white dust, cut ghostly figures as they stood coughing. Outside, through the open door, ghostly fleets of bicycles glided past. The original house was built on an ancient graveyard and its last owner is rumoured to have fled in terror at the ghostly goings on. In the harsh light cast by the sun against the snow, she appeared ghostly, unreal, eerily beautiful. So that ghostly form that appears in front of your car at night may very well be a tawny. Strange noises, ghostly footsteps and ice cold winds haunt staff working late into the night. And there's no shortage of folk willing to go public about their ghostly experiences. A ghostly figure appeared next to Max and stood, watching the band with him. You start in the catacombs but beware ghostly ghouls at every turn! The ghostly blue light of a television flickered behind the curtains. Yet when we look again, they are simultaneously pale, frozen, ghostly and glassy eyed. Her eyes widened, as she stared at a ghostly figure, standing in the middle of the clearing. Her whole body has a ghostly appearance, although there's nothing to see through it. Paul's ghostly figure followed behind, unseen and undetected by everyone but her. Synonyms ghostlike, spectral, phantom, wraithlike, phantasmal, phantasmic, unearthly, unnatural, supernatural, other-worldly, insubstantial, illusory, unreal, shadowy, eerie, weird, uncanny, mysterious, magical, mystic, strange, abnormal, freakish frightening, spine-chilling, hair-raising, blood-curdling, scaring, terrifying, petrifying, chilling, sinister Scottish eldritch informal creepy, scary, spooky, freaky British informal rum Derivatives ghostliness noun ˈɡəʊstlɪnəsˈɡoʊs(t)linəs So far I have been assuming an understanding of ghosts and ghostliness, blithely employing these terms as if they were commonly understood, let alone accepted. Example sentencesExamples Their efforts to make meaningful their cultural memories of their ancestral land often result in crises that awaken them to the ghostliness of their identities as Asian Americans. They are often populated by solitary horses which simultaneously transmit ghostliness and, conversely, surprising weighty presence. I took one last glance at the house, torn between its nostalgia and ghostliness, and jogged over to the car kicking up wet sand behind me as I did. A towering perennial, which takes on a stately ghostliness by late autumn, it needs a sheltered spot away from strong winds, which might buffet the stems to breaking point. Origin Old English gāstlic, from gāst 'ghost'. Definition of ghostly in US English: ghostly adjectiveˈɡoʊs(t)liˈɡōs(t)lē Of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural. a ghostly figure with a hood Example sentencesExamples Her eyes widened, as she stared at a ghostly figure, standing in the middle of the clearing. Her ghostly figure has been seen at the foot of the stairs by visitors and staff. There have been reported sightings of a ghostly figure wandering through the pub in Shirley. Survivors, covered from head to toe in white dust, cut ghostly figures as they stood coughing. So that ghostly form that appears in front of your car at night may very well be a tawny. The story is connected to the present by a woman, renting a cottage in Haworth, who sees a ghostly figure. And there's no shortage of folk willing to go public about their ghostly experiences. Outside, through the open door, ghostly fleets of bicycles glided past. A ghostly figure appeared next to Max and stood, watching the band with him. Strange noises, ghostly footsteps and ice cold winds haunt staff working late into the night. The ghostly blue light of a television flickered behind the curtains. The original house was built on an ancient graveyard and its last owner is rumoured to have fled in terror at the ghostly goings on. Jackson has wide, ghostly eyes, unusually pale skin, and traces of a beard and moustache. Paul's ghostly figure followed behind, unseen and undetected by everyone but her. Long gone are the days when all it took for a good fright was an unexpected ghostly face to appear onscreen. In the harsh light cast by the sun against the snow, she appeared ghostly, unreal, eerily beautiful. Her whole body has a ghostly appearance, although there's nothing to see through it. Yet when we look again, they are simultaneously pale, frozen, ghostly and glassy eyed. Often eerie and ghostly, but always captivating, these songs simply demand your attention. You start in the catacombs but beware ghostly ghouls at every turn! Synonyms ghostlike, spectral, phantom, wraithlike, phantasmal, phantasmic, unearthly, unnatural, supernatural, other-worldly, insubstantial, illusory, unreal, shadowy, eerie, weird, uncanny, mysterious, magical, mystic, strange, abnormal, freakish Origin Old English gāstlic, from gāst ‘ghost’.
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