ˈdəstē, -ti adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from dust (I) + -y
1. : marked by the presence of dust : filled with dust : covered or clouded with dust
the table is dusty
two thirsty travelers … came upon the lake after a dusty trek — American Guide Series: California
2. : consisting of dust : powdery
two acres of stony, dusty ground — Bernard Gutteridge
3. : worthless , contemptible , miserable , sordid
he who is born on the steps of a throne and never ascends them has a dusty fate — Times Literary Supplement
4. : dim , clouded
in the moonlight grows a smile mid its rays of dusty pearl — G.W.Russell
your splendor is dusty — Max Beerbohm
5. of the weather : stormy , blowy
6. : dry and lifeless (as from age or disuse) : barren , unproductive , stale , unsatisfying ; also : lacking in interest : dull
the old man will suck a little of her sweetness to prolong his dusty life — Elinor Wylie
while the work of his contemporaries today seems dusty and dated, his drawings still retain their freshness and vigor — L.R.Sander
ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life — George Meredith
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- not so dusty