phantomwise

In the manner of a phantom; ghostlily.

Adverb

  1. In the manner of a phantom; ghostlily.
    • Still she haunts me, phantomwise, / Alice moving under skies / Never seen by waking eyes. - 1871, Lewis Carroll, “A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky”, in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There:

Origin

From phantom + -wise.

Forms

more phantomwise most phantomwise