Ghast"ly (?), a. [Compar. Ghastlier (?); superl. Ghastliest.] [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. gaestan. Cf. Aghast, Gast, Gaze, Ghostly.]
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.
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Ghast"ly, adv.
In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Staring full ghastly like a strangled man.
Shak.
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