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A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
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The dark spinning ride is inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns' 1874 symphonic tone poem—revealing any more details would detract from its ghostly allure.
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Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
Here, the ghostly remnants of a grain mill; there, the campus of a global food company.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Bryce Dallas Howard is getting ghostly.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
Sadie Benning and Michael Almereyda have found ghostly, evocative textures using Pixelvision, a Fisher-Price toy camera from the late 1980s.
—Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
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Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
Here, the ghostly remnants of a grain mill; there, the campus of a global food company.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Bryce Dallas Howard is getting ghostly.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
Sadie Benning and Michael Almereyda have found ghostly, evocative textures using Pixelvision, a Fisher-Price toy camera from the late 1980s.
—Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghostly. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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ghostly
adjective
ghost·ly
ˈgōst-lē 
ghostlier; ghostliest
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a ghost
ghostliness
noun
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