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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Ghastly

/găs'-tlē/ · Ghast·ly · IPA /ˈɡæs(t).li/
01 a. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
  1. 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. 2.
    Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
    “Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.” — Milton.
02 adv. In a ghastly manner; hideously.
  1. 1.
    In a ghastly manner; hideously.
    “Staring full ghastly like a strangled man.” — Shak.