The Collaborative International Dictionary
dusty \dust"y\ (d[u^]st"[y^]), a. [Compar. Dustier (d[u^]st"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Dustiest (d[u^]st"[i^]*[e^]st).] [AS. dystig. See Dust.]
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Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; a dusty attic; also, reducing to dust.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
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Like dust; of the color of dust; as, a dusty white.
Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant ( Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativedusty)
WordNet
adj. covered with a layer of dusty; "a dusty pile of books" [syn: dust-covered]
See dusty
Usage examples of "dustiest".
And so I did, for Brutus' departing face left no doubt in my mind that he considered me less than the dustiest, flea-ridden cur.
That boy was long gone, locked down in the dustiest, most unreachable part of the labyrinth of Raed's mind, the key to his pre-prison self thrown away ages ago.
Perhaps a red bandanna lay somewhere in a bottom drawer of the clan's dustiest archive.
Paul Kern was an expert in the occult in all its guises, from urban folklore to the dustiest grimoire.
Then I went to the dustiest, emptiest section of the library, pulled out my wad of money, and stuck it behind a huge copy ofEighteenth Century British Maritime Rules and Regulations , which looked like it hadn't been touched since Queen Victoria was in bloomers.
He sought through the dustiest and most ancient of the books, those that spoke only of the Great World.
I stopped at the local library just before closing time, found the dustiest, most unused bookshelf in the place, stuck the Jacobean Red Letter Bible up against the wall behind a set of books about French civil law where no one would be able to see it, and continued on my way.
A small voice shunted away into the deepest, dustiest corner of her mind, almost too faint to hear, spoke in her heart.
I followed this up after entering the army, drinking nothing at any time but a little coffee, and finding no need, even on the dustiest marches, for anything more.