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Meaning of 'dusty' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dusty [ superl.]
- Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust.
- Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white.

Meaning of 'dusty' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dusty [ s]
Meaning (1):
- covered with a layer of dust
Example in sentence:
  • a dusty pile of books
Meaning (2):
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
Example in sentence:
  • moth-eaten theories about race;
  • stale news

Nearby Words:

duse dusk dusken duskily duskiness duskish duskness dusky dust dust-point

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