Definition of "gastly" [gastly]

• The earlier and more proper spellings of ghastly and ghastness.
• A simplified spelling of ghastly.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Then what is the point of the whole gastly exercise?"
• "May 5th, 2008 8: 54 am ET let me ask a simple question. in reading the article on Obama firing back on Clinton's gastly comments about attacking iran and "totally obliterating" them if they move on israel, how do i see ANYTHING having to do with Rev. Wright."
• "Turns out people like those gastly liberals on A Prairie Home Companion and Barney."