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What does ghostly mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ghostly? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
  2. Spooky; frightening.
  3. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
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Again, a ghostly figure rose from the body, and nodded its thanks before leaving to the afterworld.
Models sauntered along a catwalk sprinkled with black sequins wearing triangular crimped wigs and sporting ghostly white faces.
The reconstructed summary reworks the opinion into forceful testimony about Gray's ghostly presence in his co-defendant's confession.
Overhead, the full moon leered yellowly between ghostly wisps of cloud, and the Cathedral bells began to chime.
In several prints, texts are etched across aquatinted backgrounds in which ghostly, half-remembered realities float.
Bamboo flutes add a ghostly, subtle melodic backbone to the more intricate interplay on the keyed instruments.

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