dustier; dustiest
1
: covered or abounding with dust
2
: consisting of dust : powdery
3
: resembling dust
4
: lacking vitality : dry
dusty scholarship
5
British
: unsatisfactory
—used especially in the phrases dusty answer and not so dusty
Examples of dusty in a Sentence
He pulled dusty candlesticks from the shelf.
His new tie is a dusty blue.
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Leonard David, Space.com, 13 May 2025
Everything from the mortar to the rope has been handmade on the dusty site.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
The days of my girlhood were dusty, dirty, sooty, and sweaty.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 May 2025
The dusty streets where the two once strutted are unrecognizable, filled up with KFCs and McDonald’s and young people who never learned the old revolutionary songs.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for dusty
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“Dusty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dusty. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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