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