as in spectral
of or relating to a ghost
A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
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Recent Examples of ghostly
Fettel is present as a ghostly apparition.
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Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
The story blends supernatural horror with a twist reminiscent of The Twilight Zone, following a church organist (Candace Hilligoss) whose cross-country road trip after a fateful car accident is beset with ghostly horror.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Since 2012, the Connecticut resident estimates she’s spent over $100,000 on about 80 ghostly trips.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Throughout modern history, visitors have reported ghostly apparitions according to Scary Stories of Mammoth Cave.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
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Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
The story blends supernatural horror with a twist reminiscent of The Twilight Zone, following a church organist (Candace Hilligoss) whose cross-country road trip after a fateful car accident is beset with ghostly horror.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Since 2012, the Connecticut resident estimates she’s spent over $100,000 on about 80 ghostly trips.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Throughout modern history, visitors have reported ghostly apparitions according to Scary Stories of Mammoth Cave.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostly
Adjective
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The 163-inch display introduces an industry-first four-primary RGBY MicroLED architecture, adding yellow to address a spectral gap between 500 and 600 nanometers that can mute color fidelity in conventional MicroLED panels.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2026
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One group showed that nonbiological gases, including propyne, could reproduce the same spectral features without invoking life, while another concluded that the JWST signal was too noisy or too weak to draw definitive conclusions.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
26 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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In phantom endovascular models, the robot successfully navigated through tortuous vessel-like structures, demonstrating the technique’s potential for minimally invasive vascular interventions.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Jan. 2026
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While headlines celebrated a soft landing, the underlying labor market was experiencing a phantom jobs reversal.—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostly. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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