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Dustiness

noun
1.
The state of being covered with dust.






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"Dustiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... fashion, and the only sign of mourning was the black tie that each wore in a sailor's knot. They shook hands vigorously (it was a family trait), and then seemed at a loss for conversation; James, as was his way, did not help them, and they plunged at last into a discussion about the weather and the dustiness of the road from Ashford to ...
— The Hero • William Somerset Maugham

... intractability—seems to belong to people who, instead of hope, which exalts everything into an airy, gaseous exhilaration, have a fixed and dogged purpose, around which everything congeals and crystallizes. [Endnote: 1] Even the sunshine, dim through the dustiness of the two casements that looked upon the graveyard, and the smoke, as it came warm out of Doctor Grimshawe's mouth, seemed already stale. But if the two children, or either of them, happened to be in the study,—if they ran to open the door at the knock, if they came scampering and peeped down ...
— Doctor Grimshawe's Secret - A Romance • Nathaniel Hawthorne



Words linked to "Dustiness" :   dusty, dirtiness, uncleanness



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