ghostly

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gostly, gastlich, from Old English gāstlīċ (“spiritual, holy, clerical (not lay), ghastly, ghostly, spectral”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaistalīk (“spiritual”), equivalent to ghost +‎ -ly. Cognate with Scots ghaistly, gaistly (“spiritual, ghastly, terrifying”), West Frisian geastlik (“spiritual, clerical, religious”), Dutch geestelijk (“spiritual, clerical, ecclesiastical”), German geistlich (“spiritual, sacred, religious”), Danish geistlig (“ecclesiastical, clerical”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊstli/ Rhymes: (General American) -oʊstli === Adjective === ghostly (comparative ghostlier, superlative ghostliest) Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ghostly Spooky; frightening. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening (archaic) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual. a ghostly confessor ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ghastly