spookily
In ghostly fashion
Spookily means in a manner that is eerie, unsettling, or suggestive of ghosts.
It often describes coincidences or similarities that feel uncanny: Spookily, she called just as I was thinking about her.
The word can also describe atmospherically creepy settings: The house was spookily quiet.
Eerily beyond normal
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- unnervingCausing loss of composure
- weirdStrangely unsettling
bizarre · surreal · mysterious · strange · otherworldly · chilling · macabre · sinister
Ghostlike or wavelength-related
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- apparitionalResembling a specter
- wraithlikeResembling a ghost
supernatural · paranormal · unearthly · incorporeal · translucent · haunted · ghastly · deathly
Disturbingly beyond normal
- inexplicablyBeyond rational understanding
- strangelyIn unusual manner
- mysteriouslyIn puzzling manner
- oddlyIn a strange manner
weirdly · surprisingly · eerily · preternatural · synchronistic · improbably · unaccountably · curiously
Fearful anticipation of harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- portentousOminously significant
- direExtremely serious or urgent
brooding · baleful · premonitory · prophetic · fateful · dark · gloomy · warning
uncanny
Eerily beyond normal
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- unnervingCausing loss of composure
weird · bizarre · surreal · mysterious · strange · otherworldly · chilling · macabre · sinister · gothic
spectral
Ghostlike or wavelength-related
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- apparitionalResembling a specter
wraithlike · supernatural · paranormal · unearthly · incorporeal · translucent · haunted · ghastly · deathly · pale
uncannily
Disturbingly beyond normal
- inexplicablyBeyond rational understanding
- strangelyIn unusual manner
- mysteriouslyIn puzzling manner
oddly · weirdly · surprisingly · eerily · preternatural · synchronistic · improbably · unaccountably · curiously · bafflingly
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- portentousOminously significant
dire · brooding · baleful · premonitory · prophetic · fateful · dark · gloomy · warning · presaging
spookilyreassuringly
In confidence-restoring fashion
comfortingly · soothingly · warmly · cheerfully · pleasantly
spookilyordinarily
In the usual manner
normally · predictably · unremarkably · mundanely · expectedly