mustiness
- a word derived from musty.
Example Sentences
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There's another factor working in Steely Dan's favor to wipe out any would-be mustiness here, and that's the fact that almost none of the material from the band's 1972-80 life span sounds dated.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2017
Instead of damp mustiness, it smells of, well, tourists.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2016
A distinct air of mustiness clings to this work, in which long-winded, sometimes bantering dialogue works methodically toward a heartstring-yanking ending.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2015
But far underground, the tunnel itself exuded only a faint cavelike mustiness.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2011
There was nobody in it; it smelled of old stone, old neglect, mustiness.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
