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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The big names would fly in, but most people traveled by bus, along bumpy, dusty roads.
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The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
These separates are constructed from a silky polyester material in a dusty blue hue and have a relaxed fit.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
What to know about its parent comet Meteor showers are typically produced by the debris from comets, as Earth passes through their dusty trails in space; the Lyrids are no exception.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
The tests took place about twenty miles south of Christchurch, on a thin, dusty isthmus called the Kaitorete Spit.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Among the rubble are a dusty tire, a car frame, wire netting, some tanks and other mangled implements, all of which testify to the presence of people who have recently fled a makeshift encampment.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
And at a crowded and dusty livestock market far away from all that, a man named Songoyo had decided not to hang himself, not today, and was instead pinching the skin of a sheep.
—Stephanie McCrummen, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
During the event, the metal detectorist stumbled on a dusty tool.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
In his thirties, Privat and his soon-to-be wife, Jane, took over a dusty restaurant at the seaside near Narbonne.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
These separates are constructed from a silky polyester material in a dusty blue hue and have a relaxed fit.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
What to know about its parent comet Meteor showers are typically produced by the debris from comets, as Earth passes through their dusty trails in space; the Lyrids are no exception.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
The tests took place about twenty miles south of Christchurch, on a thin, dusty isthmus called the Kaitorete Spit.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Among the rubble are a dusty tire, a car frame, wire netting, some tanks and other mangled implements, all of which testify to the presence of people who have recently fled a makeshift encampment.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
And at a crowded and dusty livestock market far away from all that, a man named Songoyo had decided not to hang himself, not today, and was instead pinching the skin of a sheep.
—Stephanie McCrummen, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
During the event, the metal detectorist stumbled on a dusty tool.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
In his thirties, Privat and his soon-to-be wife, Jane, took over a dusty restaurant at the seaside near Narbonne.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Dusty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dusty. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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