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spectral

/ˈspɛktɹəɫ/ adjective C2
  1. Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly. · The spectral chain-rattling and moans gave me the chills.
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They all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly, and spectral.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 26 · C1
Or a spectral hound, black, silent, and monstrous?
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 97 · C1
A spectral hound which leaves material footmarks and fills the air with its howling is surely not to be thought of.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 128 · C1
He remained a spectral presence, an amalgamation of brilliant ideas and perplexing syntactic choices hovering just beyond her complete comprehension.
The Faithful Echo, p. 1 · C2

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