ghostly



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Ghostly \Ghost"ly\, a. [OE. gastlich, gostlich, AS. g[=a]stlic.
   See Ghost.]
   1. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual;
      as, a ghostly confessor.
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            Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies. --Book
                                                  of Common
                                                  Prayer [Ch. of
                                                  Eng. ]
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            One of the gostly children of St. Jerome. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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   2. Of or pertaining to apparitions. --Akenside.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Ghostly \Ghost"ly\, adv.
   Spiritually; mystically. --Chaucer.
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