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  • adjective comparative form of musty: more musty

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Examples

  • The air was thicker, the old house smelled mustier.

    Tough Customer Sandra Brown 2010

  • They were deeper underground now, the air was mustier and the light dimmer.

    Kahen no Ame H-M Brown 2010

  • One of them favoured a slightly mentholated mix, while the other's was mustier, with notes of sandalwood and cinnamon.

    Snuffing away 2007

  • You can easily find one on Amazon or you might get lucky nosing around the used bookstores that trade in scifi, usually the mustier ones.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Tripp 2007

  • You can easily find one on Amazon or you might get lucky nosing around the used bookstores that trade in scifi, usually the mustier ones.

    It's incredible, it brings out the animal in me Tripp 2007

  • One of them favoured a slightly mentholated mix, while the other's was mustier, with notes of sandalwood and cinnamon.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2007

  • I also have fond memories of visits to the local libraries- the cosy local branch with its musty shelves and mustier assistants, or, for a specially exciting outing, a Saturday morning at the junior section of Newcastle Central.

    bookworm 2005

  • I could scent familiar, ancient perfumes, traces of mustier smells.

    The Dreamthief's Daughter Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2001

  • The herbs hanging from the rafters could no longer mask the sour reek and the drier, mustier scent beneath.

    Chosen Of The Gods Pierson, Chris 2001

  • We descended to a lower level, darker, mustier and colder: the Queens rooms.

    Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe Sandra Gulland 2000

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