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musty
1[ muhs-tee ]
musty
2[ muhs-tee ]
noun
- (formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
musty
/ ˈmʌstɪ /
adjective
- smelling or tasting old, stale, or mouldy
- old-fashioned, dull, or hackneyed
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Derived Forms
- ˈmustiness, noun
- ˈmustily, adverb
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Other Words From
- musti·ly adverb
- musti·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of musty1
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Example Sentences
While many await discovery in musty warehouses, there is at least one piece whose absence is more difficult to explain.
Quickly climbing the musty stairs to the executive offices, I sought out an old acquaintance.
In the meantime, she is off to Egypt on assignment and he continues his research in the musty clime of an Oxford library.
After five years at Gucci, he got the call to come to Burberry and reinvent the British brand, which had grown musty and stale.
But the creatures did, it appears, spend their last days on a planet as hot and musty as a gym locker room.
Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
It's an idle question, I know; wise men and musty philosophers say that regrets are foolish.
Isn't this free-booting spirit, now, better than leading a cowardly life of musty regularity?
Her decisions depended not upon the voice of inspiration but upon the musty parchments of the past.
The air was heavy and musty and the girls shivered as they tried to walk bravely forward.
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