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
Members consider it a scruffier, more bohemian version of mustier clubs uptown.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2016
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
Then I followed behind her at a very creaky pace until we were in her parlor, the door of which was even older and mustier than she was.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
