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 story follows four standalone, but interlinked tales, each inspired by an iconic Chinese dish and tied together by a spectral chef, who presides over a mysterious, otherwordly restaurant.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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This detection is possible because the two colonizing lichen species, Rusavskia elegans and Xanthomendoza trachyphylla, exhibit distinct spectral properties.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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It was leased for him by his mother, one of the many eccentricities friends and former business associates described about the otherwise phantom-like man who was always on the cusp of a blockbuster that never quite materialized.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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And because, like most other amputees, her brain was continuing to receive and interpret nerve signals as if her limbs were still there, Lulu also was experiencing severe phantom pain.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostly. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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