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dusty

[ duhs-tee ]

adjective

dustier, dustiest.
  1. filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
  2. of the nature of dust; powdery.
  3. of the color of dust; having a grayish cast.


dusty

/ ˈ»åʌ²õ³Ùɪ /

adjective

  1. covered with or involving dust
  2. like dust in appearance or colour
  3. (of a colour) tinged with grey; pale

    dusty pink

  4. a dusty answer
    an unhelpful or bad-tempered reply
  5. not so dusty informal.
    not too bad; fairly well: often in response to the greeting how are you?
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ»å³Ü²õ³ÙŸ±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ»å³Ü²õ³ÙŸ±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å³Ü²õ³Ùi·±ô²â adverb
  • »å³Ü²õ³Ùi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·»å³Ü²õ³Ùy adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dusty1

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; dust, -y 1
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We tend to think of the moon as little more than a barren rock, but it’s very, very dusty.

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In a dusty corner of the construction site, tents and desks were set up to register the details of relatives of the missing.

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Filmed in silvery black-and-white, shot on sound stages and acted with a knowing theatricality, “Grand Tour” plays like a lost early talkie that’s been rescued from some dusty vault.

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By the side of the main road, where the traffic alternates between heavy trucks and horses and carts, men buy charred chunks of kebab and pensioners chat on dusty benches.

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It’s cramped, it’s dark, it’s dirty, it’s dusty, it’s hard to get into.

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