adj. 25B6; adjective
the room smelt fusty : STALE, musty, dusty; stuffy, airless, unventilated; damp, mildewed, mildewy; Brit. frowsty.
a fusty conservative : OLD-FASHIONED, out of date, outdated, behind the times, antediluvian, backward-looking; fogeyish; informal square, out of the ark.
fresh.