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单词 ghostly
释义 ghost·ly
I. \ˈgōstlē, -li\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English gostly, from Old English gāstlīc, from gāst spirit, ghost + -līc -ly — more at ghost, -ly
1. : of or relating to the soul : not carnal : spiritual
 < many disorders, ghostly and bodily, are transmitted to us by inheritance — John Tyndall >
2. : of or relating to the church : not secular : religious
 < shall not be the worse for a ghostly adviser — George Meredith >
 < snatching with ghostly hands at scepters — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
3. : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a ghost : spectral, shadowy
 < a whole troupe of delightful but ghostly spirits from another world — Scott Goddard >
 < startled to see the ghostly silhouette of a submarine gliding under the railway bridge — Stewart Beach >
4. : of or relating to a ghost-writer
 < a book written without ghostly assistance >
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English gostly, from Old English gastlīce, from gāstlīc
: in a ghostly manner
 < two strips of snow shone ghostly — Clive Arden >
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