RUSTILY

Etymology

Adverb

rustily (comparative more rustily, superlative most rustily)

In a rusty manner

Source: Wiktionary


Rust"i*ly, adv.

Definition: In a rusty state.

RUSTY

Rust"y, a. Etym: [AS. rustig.] [Compar. Rustier (; superl. Rustiest.]

1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.

2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect. [Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty grown. Shak.

3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.

4. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Rusty words." Piers Plowman.

5. Rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." Spenser.

6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy. The rustly little schooners that bring fire wood from the Brititsh provinces. Hawthorne.

7. (Bot.)

Definition: Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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