Gashly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Ghastly, horrible.
"My ladies' maid, who was troubled with nerves, declared she could never sleep alone in such a "gashly, rummaging old building;" and the footman, who was a kind-hearted young fellow, did all in his power to cheer her up."
Example
More examples"My ladies' maid, who was troubled with nerves, declared she could never sleep alone in such a "gashly, rummaging old building;" and the footman, who was a kind-hearted young fellow, did all in his power to cheer her up."
Etymology
Perhaps a dialectal alteration of ghastly, by association with gash.
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