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dusty
CEFRB1
/ˈdʌsti/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Covered with or full of dust.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailGrey or greyish.
Examples
The dusty track descends to a valley.
The road is dusty. It cannot have rained yesterday.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 1
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsPowdery and resembling dust.
Covered with dust.
Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
More examples
In contextThe furniture was dusty.
a dusty peach color
a dusty carpet
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivalent to dust + -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).