dustily

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adverb

In a dusty way.

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Meanings

adverbdustily (comparative more dustily, superlative most dustily)

comparative more dustily · superlative most dustily

  1. In a dusty way.

    He switched on, put the groaning vehicle into gear, turned it round skilfully and sped dustily townwards.

    1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 600
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    But some of the gathered skirts, with an extra tire of fabric around the middle, looked dustily Yamamoto, with pious allusions to women in bonnets and rustic stoles.

    2008 February 27, Cathy Horyn, “Not Everyone Spins Their Wheels”, in New York Times

Origin

From dusty + -ly.

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APA

dustily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dustily

MLA

“dustily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dustily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dustily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dustily.

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