Definition of Ghoulishly

1. Adverb. In a ghoulish manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ghoulishly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghoulishly

ghostships
ghostwrite
ghostwriter
ghostwriters
ghostwrites
ghostwriting
ghostwritten
ghostwrote
ghosty
ghoti
ghoul
ghoul hand
ghoulie
ghoulies
ghoulish
ghoulishly (current term)
ghoulishness
ghoulishnesses
ghouls
ghrelin
ghrelins
ghutra
ghutras
ghyll
ghylls
giallolino
giambeux
gianduja
gianellaite
giant

Literary usage of Ghoulishly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"He dug lower, in the end tossing aside his spade and digging with clawed hands, ghoulishly. So he dug until, laying bare a face, he gazed and recognized it ..."

2. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"He giggled ghoulishly. He held out his good hand. "Get me up, okay?" Bobby hauled him to his feet. "Get me some warm clothes, too? ..."

3. Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America by Kelly Miller (1909)
"... the tongue and hacking off the hands of the lovely Lavinia, ghoulishly chided her for not calling for sweet water with which to wash her delicate hands. ..."

4. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1908)
"... were there not still a few prurient-minded folk, both here and in America, who ghoulishly love to disseminate a contrary assumption. ..."

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