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
That angle belongs to this ghostly presence that observes, and even sometimes interacts, on our behalf.
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Presence, now in theaters, opens with the ghostly entity observing as a family of four—married couple Rebekah (Lucy Liu) and Chris (Chris Sullivan) and their two teenage children, Tyler (Eddy Maday) and Chloe (Callina Liang)—tour and subsequently move into the residence.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
The cries that echo through the house at night aren’t ghostly wails but Asha’s gut-wrenching sobs.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Del Toro, as is his custom, displays a tremendous empathy for his otherworldly characters, here ghostly women who were once silenced but whose urgent cries must now be heeded.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Presence, now in theaters, opens with the ghostly entity observing as a family of four—married couple Rebekah (Lucy Liu) and Chris (Chris Sullivan) and their two teenage children, Tyler (Eddy Maday) and Chloe (Callina Liang)—tour and subsequently move into the residence.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
The cries that echo through the house at night aren’t ghostly wails but Asha’s gut-wrenching sobs.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Del Toro, as is his custom, displays a tremendous empathy for his otherworldly characters, here ghostly women who were once silenced but whose urgent cries must now be heeded.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostly
Adjective
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Researchers around the world will waste hours on the Internet hunting around for the best spectral measurements, says Evgeny Stambulchik, a physicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
26 Mar. 2025
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Unofficially, the headliner that night was Sematary, who at the time was 23, and whose role as leader of the young, spectral, and heavily referential rap collective had recently come into question.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Standby power, also known as phantom power, is the power an item uses while it's turned off.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Apr. 2025
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The company can gain a sense of the marketplace by posting phantom jobs.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostly. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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