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Ghastly
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. Macaulay.
2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak.