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ghastly

ghastly is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton.
  2. 2.In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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