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- adverb In a
ghastly manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tiberias sank to the earth, still laughing ghastlily through a gurgle of gushing blood.
The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Tiberias sank to the earth, still laughing ghastlily through a gurgle of gushing blood.
The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Tiberias sank to the earth, still laughing ghastlily through a gurgle of gushing blood.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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Tiberias sank to the earth, still laughing ghastlily through a gurgle of gushing blood.
The Hour Of The Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977
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Tiberias sank to the earth, still laughing ghastlily through a gurgle of gushing blood.
The Hour of the Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977
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Tiberias sank to the earth, still laughing ghastlily through a gurgle of gushing blood.
Conan the Avenger Howard, Robert E. 1968
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I will confess that, when the spectre Debt has leaned over my pillow of late, and, smiling ghastlily, has asked if she and I were not intended as companions through life, I snap my fingers at her and tell her that Brother Jonathan talks of adopting me, and that he won't have her of his household.
Letters and Journals 01 Morse, Samuel F B 1914
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I will confess that, when the spectre Debt has leaned over my pillow of late, and, smiling ghastlily, has asked if she and I were not intended as companions through life, I snap my fingers at her and tell her that
Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. 1831
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Emilius was still sunk in his sweet dreams, and gazing on the image which his beloved had left on his mind, when to his horror the fearful, the scarlet old woman walked through the chamber; the gold on her head and breast glared ghastlily as it threw back the light.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Emilius was still sunk in his sweet dreams, and gazing on the image which his beloved had left in his mind, when to his horrour the frightful, the scarlet old woman walkt through the chamber: the gold on her head and breast glared ghastlily as it threw back the light.
The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Ludwig Tieck 1813
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