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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
Adjective
[dustier, dustiest]
1. covered with dust
2. (of a colour) tinged with grey
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
Translations

dusty [ˈdʌstɪ] adjpolvoriento
dusty [ˈdʌstɪ] dust adjpoussiéreux/euse
dusty [ˈdʌstɪ] dust adjstaubig
dusty [ˈdʌstɪ] adjpolveroso/a


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