phantasmal
adjective
pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral.
phantasmic,
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a variation of
phantasmal.
Example Sentences
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Or, in this case, awaken from a phantasmic slumber in a bedroom upstairs to the sound of a car pulling into the driveway outside.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
Antiquity and futurism define Bottega Veneta’s winter collection, a phantasmic atmosphere infusing pieces like the Cotton Patched Pointelle dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
From afar, do you see me now briefly here in this phantasmic standoff riding pain’s whirlforms?
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018
This weekend’s phantasmic offerings include productions of “The Lurking Fear,” “The Horror in the Museum” and “The Beast in the Cave.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2016
Seeing the phantasmic figures of friends at the moment when they were, whether at the point of death or in good health, many miles distant, must have led the savage irresistibly to the dualistic theory.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
