dusty
/ˈdʌsti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.67 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Powdery and resembling dust.
adj
Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
noun
A medium-brown color.
Example Sentences
- "a dusty carpet"
- "On a cold morning in Abilene, Texas, a column of 18-wheelers crawls down bumpy, waterlogged roads, past cattle grazing on dusty shrubs."
- "a dusty peach color"
- "The very smart practitioners of my acquaintance do not rest their right hand on old dusty knowledge, but bend and move along a ground of being in which they are perpetually on the lookout for what is trusty and true, new and old."
- "...the toilet-glass on the table...had probably reflected few such faces as that of the lady calling herself Mrs. Lloyd, who looked attentively into it when she found herself alone and decided that she was not so very dusty, considering"
- "One morning, I said to a patient: "How are you today, Mrs. White?" And she replied "Not so dusty - quite well brushed.""