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
The film’s ghostly images are at once flattened and alive, hovering in visual purgatory as scenes begin to feel not only like fever dreams, but out-of-body observations of the dreamers themselves.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
That angle belongs to this ghostly presence that observes, and even sometimes interacts, on our behalf.
—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
Navy cadets who stayed at the house during World World II were the first to report a ghostly woman in a white gown walking the hallways of the house, and further reports of strange happenings emerged in the 1970s during the house’s time as space for the music conservatory.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
That angle belongs to this ghostly presence that observes, and even sometimes interacts, on our behalf.
—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
Navy cadets who stayed at the house during World World II were the first to report a ghostly woman in a white gown walking the hallways of the house, and further reports of strange happenings emerged in the 1970s during the house’s time as space for the music conservatory.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostly. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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