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  • adverb In a ghostly way.

Etymologies

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ghostly +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Presently only yellowish shreds hung ghostlily in the air; then they were gone, and Taurus motioned his companion forward.

    Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006

  • He felt no wind against his face, but there was a rustling of leaves above them and a weird moaning swept ghostlily through the branches.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • He felt no wind against his face, but there was a rustling of leaves above them and a weird moaning swept ghostlily through the branches.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • The lurid unearthly glow still hovered in the shadowy chamber, lighting ghostlily the dead face of Thugra Khotan, which seemed to grin mirthlessly and cavernously at them.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Presently only yellowish shreds hung ghostlily in the air; then they were gone, and Taurus motioned his companion forward.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • He did not glance back at the silent city, brooding dreamily and ghostlily behind them.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • He did not glance back at the silent city, brooding dreamily and ghostlily behind them.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The lurid unearthly glow still hovered in the shadowy chamber, lighting ghostlily the dead face of Thugra Khotan, which seemed to grin mirthlessly and cavernously at them.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Presently only yellowish shreds hung ghostlily in the air; then they were gone, and Taurus motioned his companion forward.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Upon which, wearily, ghostlily, as if they had feather-light fingers and the light persistency of feathers, they would look, once, on the shut eyes, and the loosely clasping fingers, and fold their garments wearily and disappear.

    To the Lighthouse 2002

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