Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being dusty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being dusty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
dusty
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being covered with dust
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Examples
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Palatability can be dependent upon physical factors such as dustiness or feed pellet hardness and size.
Chapter 5 1988
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O Lord, I experience my "dustiness" in so many different ways.
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How have you been reminded of your mortality, your "dustiness"?
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I like the old dustiness, and that the design isn't at all contemporary.
The Comfort of Strangers Leah Chernikoff 2010
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Again, the ever-present must, but much more dustiness, too, and a peculiar scent of oak that might be whisky residue.
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Also to demonstrate the dustiness: I was leaving my MC2 today.
Prison Workout meets Dustbowl. Kate Fleurange 2008
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Also to demonstrate the dustiness: I was leaving my MC2 today.
Archive 2008-11-01 Kate Fleurange 2008
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Running my hand on it, I soon felt the dustiness of the Afghan sand.
With Dusty Sands of the Afghan Desert Military Mom 2009
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Running my hand on it, I soon felt the dustiness of the Afghan sand.
Archive 2009-02-01 Military Mom 2009
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I was level with her crown, and the fecund scent of pine was strong, impregnating the librarys lazy atmosphere of warm dustiness.
The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008
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