transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈɡɑ:stlɪ ]
adj. & adv. --adj. (ghastlier, ghastliest) 1 horrible, frightful. 2 colloq. objectionable, unpleasant. 3 deathlike, pallid. --adv. in a ghastly or sickly way (ghastly pale). øøghastlily adv. ghastliness n. [ME gastlich f. obs. gast terrify: gh after ghost]