/ ˈgəʊstli; NAmE ˈgoʊstli/ adjective
looking or sounding like a ghost ; full of ghosts :
a ghostly figure
ghostly footsteps
the ghostly churchyard
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English gāstlic , from gāst ghost .
/ ˈgəʊstli; NAmE ˈgoʊstli/ adjective
looking or sounding like a ghost ; full of ghosts :
a ghostly figure
ghostly footsteps
the ghostly churchyard
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English gāstlic , from gāst ghost .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005