fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age.
a fusty attic
the musty odor of a damp cellar
Examples of musty in a Sentence
a dark and musty basement
the musty prose of writers who use the same expressions over and over
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Her dogged efforts to get every manuscript into print succeeded, and Wade makes the best of a musty publishing saga.—Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 Don’t forget to add door ventilation to keep those out-of-season sweaters from getting musty.—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025 Pitt-Norman pauses the conversation to watch a video feed of a musty bog set on the floor below.—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025 The note mentions that more details about Dale’s death are tucked inside more paperbacks on his shelves, thereby connecting Lee’s twin obsessions — musty old books and the mythic quest to shine light in Tulsa’s dark corners.—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for musty
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