Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
wraith ;ghostly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking in substance
Etymologies
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Examples
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Otis Rush, Bobby Blue Bland, Muddy Waters and Skip James get their due here as well, Waters with a nasty, slide guitar-laced version of "I Can't Be Satisfied," James with a wraithlike take of the Delta blues classic "Devil Got My Woman."
Album review: Gregg Allman, "Low Country Blues" Bill Friskics-Warren 2011
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Otis Rush, Bobby Blue Bland, Muddy Waters and Skip James get their due here as well, Waters with a nasty, slide guitar-laced version of "I Can't Be Satisfied," James with a wraithlike take of the Delta blues classic "Devil Got My Woman."
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She moved wraithlike, ducking beneath an arm, reeling back from another, and diving between its legs.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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For instance, in the middle of picture No. 45 stand two women in overcoats and hats with their arms linked, and on either side of the couple is a wraithlike image of a man in a three-piece suit, white shirt, tie and fedora.
Candid Albums Of Strangers William Meyers 2012
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Praise be to their live bait alluring, their handsome, wraithlike bodies.
heart death Jerry Ratch 2011
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She moved wraithlike, ducking beneath an arm, reeling back from another, and diving between its legs.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Startled by the wraithlike words, I stumbled back.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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She moved wraithlike, ducking beneath an arm, reeling back from another, and diving between its legs.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Startled by the wraithlike words, I stumbled back.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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Startled by the wraithlike words, I stumbled back.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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