apparition
noun
a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith.
apparitional
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a word derived from
apparition.
Example Sentences
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As Senta, the woman who returns the apparitional captain’s obsessive attention, Elza van den Heever sang with a ductile soprano.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
As author of a book called “The World’s Most Haunted Places” and frequent seeker of haunted locations on vacation, Belanger said travel and ghosts go hand in apparitional hand.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022
The fence that is both apparitional and yet divides at the same time.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2016
She is an apparitional sixth man, of sorts, who may or may not exist at all, in this world or any other.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2014
Jorgenson noted things quickly, cursorily, perfunctorily, as phenomena unrelated to his own apparitional existence of a visiting ghost.
From The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows by Joseph Conrad
