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DUSTILY
Etymology
Adverb
dustily (comparative more dustily, superlative most dustily)
In a dusty way.
Source: Wiktionary
DUSTY
Dust"y, a. [Compar. Dustier; superl. Dustiest.] Etym: [AS. dystig. See Dust.]
1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.
2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white. Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTFULLY
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