wraithlike
Adjective
Resembling a wraith; ghostly.
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Beyond the hut a clump of myalls loomed spectral and wraith-like, and round them a gang of crows cawed noisily, irreverent of the great silence.
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The sight of them [the Grampians] as we crossed the viaduct over the North Esk I am not likely to forget. After a night of snow, they hung wraith-like across the sky, exquisitely beautiful in the greyness of winter dawn.
Mr. Bean’s version plays like the murderous hero of “Crime and Punishment” reimagined as a wraithlike stalker.
Adjective
lacking in substance
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dim shadowy forms
a wraithlike column of smoke
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