"ghostlike" meaning in All languages combined

See ghostlike on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: ghostlike [positive], more ghostlike [comparative], most ghostlike [superlative]
Etymology: ghost + -like Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|ghost|like}} ghost + -like Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something or someone is ghostlike, they look like a ghost; they look invisible.
    Sense id: simple-ghostlike-en-adj-1uX5swwC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -like
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