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dust·y  (dst)
adj. dust·i·er, dust·i·est
1. Covered or filled with dust.
2. Consisting of or resembling dust; powdery.
3. Tinged with gray.
4. Timeworn; stale: the dusty precepts of a bygone era.

dusti·ly adv.
dusti·ness n.

dusty [ˈdʌstɪ]
adj dustier, dustiest
1. covered with or involving dust
2. like dust in appearance or colour
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) (of a colour) tinged with grey; pale dusty pink
a dusty answer an unhelpful or bad-tempered reply
not so dusty Informal not too bad; fairly well: often in response to the greeting how are you?
dustily  adv
dustiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.dusty - covered with a layer of dust; "a dusty pile of books"
covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
2.dusty - lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

dusty
adjective
1. dirty, grubby, unclean, unswept, undusted The books looked dusty and unused.
2. powdery, sandy, chalky, crumbly, granular, friable Inside the box was only a dusty substance.
Translations
dusty [ˈdʌstɪ] ADJ (dustier (compar) (dustiest (superl)))
1. (= covered in dust) [town, ground, track, atmosphere] → polvoriento; [furniture, book, car] → cubierto de polvo
to get dusty [table, book] → cubrirse de polvo; [room, house] → llenarse de polvo
2. (= greyish) → grisáceo
dusty blueazul m grisáceo
dusty pinkrosa m grisáceo, rosa m viejo
3. (Brit) a dusty answer or replyuna respuesta evasiva
"how are you?" - "not so dusty or not too dusty, thanks"-¿cómo estás? -no mal del todo, gracias

dusty [ˈdʌsti] adj [furniture, room, road, car] → poussiéreux/euse

dusty
adj (+er)
(= full of dust, covered in dust)staubig; furniture, book, photographverstaubt
colourschmutzig; dusty reds and brownsschmutzige Rot- und Brauntöne; dusty bluegraublau; dusty pinkaltrosa
(inf) answerschroff
not too or so dusty (inf)gar nicht so übel (inf)

dusty [ˈdʌstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → polveroso/a
to get dusty → impolverarsi
dusty [ˈdʌstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → polveroso/a
to get dusty → impolverarsi

dusty مغبر zaprášený støvet staubig σκονισμένος polvoriento pölyinen poussiéreux prašnjav polveroso ほこりっぽい 먼지투성이의 stoffig støvet zakurzony empoeirado пыльный dammig ซึ่งปกคลุมไปด้วยฝุ่น tozlu đầy bụi 有灰尘的


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AN Old Politician and a Young Politician were travelling through a beautiful country, by the dusty highway which leads to the City of Prosperous Obscurity.
While she was fetching the water her husband approached the dusty horseman and inquired eagerly for news from the front.
The season was drawing to its dusty end, and everyone I knew was arranging to go away.
 
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