Associations to the word «Ghostly»

Wiktionary

GHOSTLY, adjective. Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
GHOSTLY, adjective. Spooky; frightening.
GHOSTLY, adjective. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.

Dictionary definition

GHOSTLY, adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats