adjective
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covered with or involving dust
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like dust in appearance or colour
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(of a colour) tinged with grey; pale
dusty pink
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an unhelpful or bad-tempered reply
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informal not too bad; fairly well: often in response to the greeting how are you?
Other Word Forms
- dustily adverb
- dustiness noun
- undusty adjective
Etymology
Origin of dusty
Example Sentences
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"Normally it's very dusty and it's much quicker to move the materials so I really enjoyed it," she said.
From BBC
Like every other detail here, that implicit complaint is dusty and ossified, and Mr. Williamson’s formerly wised-up dialogue has been supplanted by a grinding earnestness, with everyone constantly asking about one another’s feelings.
I opened the sack just outside the cottage and a thick, dusty powder billowed out.
From Literature
Be honest with yourself: Are you really going to use the dusty waffle maker in your kitchen cabinet?
From MarketWatch
Her lips are a neutral dusty mauve, her bass guitar a lustrous red.
From Salon
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