Definitions
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- adjective   Resembling a wraith ;ghostly 
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- adjective lacking in substance
Etymologies
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Examples
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								Otis Rush, Bobby Blue Bland, Muddy Waters and Skip James get their due here as well, Waters with a nasty, slide guitar-laced version of "I Can't Be Satisfied," James with a wraithlike take of the Delta blues classic "Devil Got My Woman." Album review: Gregg Allman, "Low Country Blues" Bill Friskics-Warren 2011 
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								Otis Rush, Bobby Blue Bland, Muddy Waters and Skip James get their due here as well, Waters with a nasty, slide guitar-laced version of "I Can't Be Satisfied," James with a wraithlike take of the Delta blues classic "Devil Got My Woman." 
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								She moved wraithlike, ducking beneath an arm, reeling back from another, and diving between its legs. GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011 
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								For instance, in the middle of picture No. 45 stand two women in overcoats and hats with their arms linked, and on either side of the couple is a wraithlike image of a man in a three-piece suit, white shirt, tie and fedora. Candid Albums Of Strangers William Meyers 2012 
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								Praise be to their live bait alluring, their handsome, wraithlike bodies. heart death Jerry Ratch 2011 
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								She moved wraithlike, ducking beneath an arm, reeling back from another, and diving between its legs. GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011 
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								Startled by the wraithlike words, I stumbled back. Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011 
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								She moved wraithlike, ducking beneath an arm, reeling back from another, and diving between its legs. GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011 
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								Startled by the wraithlike words, I stumbled back. Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011 
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								Startled by the wraithlike words, I stumbled back. Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011 
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