wraithy

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a wraith.

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Meanings

adjectivewraithy (comparative more wraithy, superlative most wraithy)

comparative more wraithy · superlative most wraithy

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wraith.

    She was a white, thin, wraithy sort of being, with no stiffening in her spine and no real sense in her head. She couldn't be Varina Howell. Varina was not afraid of swamps.

    1948, Shirley Seifert, The Proud Way, page 306

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ghostlyphantasmal

Origin

From wraith + -y.

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APA

wraithy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wraithy

MLA

“wraithy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wraithy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wraithy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wraithy.

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