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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Outside the dusty settlement of Bearii, amid an otherwise barren landscape, a green oasis has emerged.
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Natalie Hoberman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
The volunteer, Deb Manley, walked into the dusty basin and snapped a photo of the eye-catching plant, then shared it on iNaturalist — a social media platform for sharing pictures of flora and fauna.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2025
The museum has a 1956 McCall’s Givenchy pattern for a dusty rose organza dress which Audrey Hepburn was photographed wearing during a night out in Las Vegas with Frank Sinatra, alongside the one Austine-Rademaker made for herself using the pattern.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
In the evening, aperitifs arrived with various types of biltong while the shoulders of Table Mountain behind the hotel cottages faded into a dusty mauve.
—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
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Natalie Hoberman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
The volunteer, Deb Manley, walked into the dusty basin and snapped a photo of the eye-catching plant, then shared it on iNaturalist — a social media platform for sharing pictures of flora and fauna.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2025
The museum has a 1956 McCall’s Givenchy pattern for a dusty rose organza dress which Audrey Hepburn was photographed wearing during a night out in Las Vegas with Frank Sinatra, alongside the one Austine-Rademaker made for herself using the pattern.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
In the evening, aperitifs arrived with various types of biltong while the shoulders of Table Mountain behind the hotel cottages faded into a dusty mauve.
—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 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 2 Mar. 2025.
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