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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This record is a gentle correction for listeners who think of blues as either dusty or loud.
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Workers in overalls walk down dusty streets that turn into dusty tracks before petering out to nowhere.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Silver shimmer was pressed into her lids above wispy lashes, while her lips were lined with a dusty brown and painted in a coral lip shade.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
Saharan dust is an extremely dry, dusty air mass, containing about 50% less moisture than the typical tropical atmosphere, the National Hurricane Center notes.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Workers in overalls walk down dusty streets that turn into dusty tracks before petering out to nowhere.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Silver shimmer was pressed into her lids above wispy lashes, while her lips were lined with a dusty brown and painted in a coral lip shade.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
Saharan dust is an extremely dry, dusty air mass, containing about 50% less moisture than the typical tropical atmosphere, the National Hurricane Center notes.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 30 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 28 Jun. 2025.
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