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ghostly
What does ghostly mean?
ghostly (adjective): resembling or characteristic of a phantom.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use ghostly in a sentence?
- A ghostly face at the window. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce ghostly?
/ˈɡoʊstli/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ghostly come from?
From Middle English gostly, gastlich, from Old English gāstlīċ (“spiritual, holy, clerical (not lay), ghastly, ghostly, spectral”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of ghostly?
Words related to ghostly
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “ghostly” mean?
resembling or characteristic of a phantom
Right! That's what “ghostly” means.
existing in possibility, not in actuality
Not quite: that's what potential means.
free from external control and constraint
Not quite: that's what independent means.
capable of producing great physical force
Not quite: that's what strong means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “ghostly”?
spectral
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possible
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original
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complete
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