gashly

English

Adjective

gashly (comparative more gashly, superlative most gashly)

  1. (dialectal) ghastly
    • 1824, Washington Irving, Tales of a Traveller‎:
      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.
    • 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter IX
      "It's a dead man. Yes, indeedy; naked, too. He's ben shot in de back. I reck'n he's ben dead two er three days. Come in, Huck, but doan' look at his face--it's too gashly."
    • 1921, William Patterson White, The Heart of the Range‎:
      Listen here, Swing, old-timer, I got a long and gashly tale of wickedness to pour into those lily-white mule ears of yores.
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