Definition of "gashly" [gashly]

• Ghastly (adjective)

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• "He became more and more "gashly," and a certain awful light in his eyes alarmed the carter by leaping up at every jolt."
• "The tramp was a gentleman whose riding costume was torn and muddied, and who looked "gashly," though he spoke with the manner and authority which Binns, the carter, recognised as that of one of the "gentry" addressing a day-labourer."
• "Those who like a good "gashly" book should, my Baronite says, forthwith send for _Lord Wastwater_ (BLACKWOOD)."