Ghastly

a. [compar. GHASTLIER; superl. GHAST-LIEST.] [A-S. gästlic, ghostly, spiritual, from gäst, ghost, spirit.] 1. Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; 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. “Mangled with ghastly wounds.” Milton.

adv. In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly, like a strangled man. Shak.