musty
adjective
having an odor or flavor suggestive of mold, as old buildings, long-closed rooms, or stale food.
mustier
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comparativeof musty.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Led by Susan Angelo, Jan Wikstrom and Ellen Geer, this ensemble, under the direction of Willow Geer, diverts and distracts from the mustier aspects of Coward’s style.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The language is honed and specific, effortless yet charged with feeling, where Thomson-DeVeaux’s version can feel mustier and blurry.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2020
That will resonate for most, though, as a description better suited to status updates and Gchat windows than to that other, mustier form of writing: carefully composed prose.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2015
The inexpensive pulp paper plus the ink and glue in the binding gave the giant tomes a much mustier, paper-y odor than a standard paperback novel.
From Time ● Apr. 27, 2015
The house was pitch-black and mustier than Trotter’s.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
