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Meaning of "fustily" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF FUSTILY

ˈfʌstɪlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUSTILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fustily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES FUSTILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fustily in the English dictionary

The definition of fustily in the dictionary is in such a way as to be smelling of damp or mould; mustily. Other definition of fustily is in such a way as to be old-fashioned in attitude.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUSTILY

beastily · bloodthirstily · chestily · crustily · dustily · frostily · gustily · hastily · lustily · mistily · mustily · nastily · overhastily · rustily · tastily · testily · thirstily · trustily · yeastily · zestily

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUSTILY

fust · fustanella · fustanelle · fustet · fustian · fustianise · fustianist · fustic · fustier · fustiest · fustigate · fustigation · fustigator · fustigatory · fustilarian · fustilirian · fustillirian · fustilugs · fustiness · fusty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUSTILY

cattily · craftily · daintily · dirtily · emptily · guiltily · haughtily · heartily · jauntily · loftily · mightily · nattily · naughtily · niftily · pastily · prettily · scantily · throatily · weightily · wittily

Synonyms and antonyms of fustily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fustily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUSTILY

Find out the translation of fustily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fustily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fustily» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

fustily
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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fustily
570 millions of speakers
en

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fustily
510 millions of speakers
hi

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fustily
380 millions of speakers
ar

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fustily
280 millions of speakers
ru

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fustily
278 millions of speakers
pt

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fustily
270 millions of speakers
bn

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fustily
260 millions of speakers
fr

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fustily
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Fustily
190 millions of speakers
de

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fustily
180 millions of speakers
ja

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fustily
130 millions of speakers
ko

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fustily
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Fustily
85 millions of speakers
vi

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fustily
80 millions of speakers
ta

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fustily
75 millions of speakers
mr

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कसलेपणाने
75 millions of speakers
tr

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fustily
70 millions of speakers
it

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fustily
65 millions of speakers
pl

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fustily
50 millions of speakers
uk

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fustily
40 millions of speakers
ro

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fustily
30 millions of speakers
el

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fustily
15 millions of speakers
af

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fustily
14 millions of speakers
sv

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fustily
10 millions of speakers
no

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fustily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fustily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUSTILY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fustily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUSTILY»

Discover the use of fustily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fustily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Swords for life
Irene McLeod. SONG O wind from the sea ! O wind from the sea ! Blow gustily Lustily Over the sea ! With thy blast of thunder O tear me asunder ! Annihilate me ! O scatter my dust, My mud, and my rust ! Mustily, Fustily, Blind and a-blunder, ...
Irene McLeod, 1916
2
Temple Bar
Do you mean to stay fustily indoors all evening ?" asks Lenore presently, with a yawn, " because I do not. I am sick of Jan Peder, and the pump, and the goats ; I shall go and explore, like Mrs. Elton in ' Emma.' " " Do not !" cry I, hastily and ...
George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, 1872
3
Memorials of Liverpool: Historical and Topographical, ...
All my poor tricks have turn'd out but fustily, Iv' I, the war-loaf must chew, though it smells mustily— 1812. Some one the Peace-loaf did steal. TMY 5°“g' Oh dear, what can the matter be ! Dear, dear, what can the matter be? At twelve o'clock on  ...
Sir James Allanson Picton, 1907
4
The Idler: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine
He even hinted that da Costa dressed so fustily to keep his poor friend in countenance. Nevertheless, Mrs. Grobstock, while not without admiration for the Quixotism, was not without resentment for being dragged into it. She felt that such charity ...
‎1894
5
On Self-culture, Intellectual, Physical, and Moral: A Vade ...
In society the most accomplished man of mere professional skill is often a nullity ; he has sunk his humanity in his dexterity ; he is a leather-dealer, and can talk only about leather ; a student, and smells fustily of books, as an inveterate smoker ...
John Stuart Blackie, 1874
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
Rupert Brooke (Anu Garg; my emphasis). [< obsolete fust wine cask, via OF < L fustis wood, club]. n. fusty/fustiness. adv. fustily. Cf. frowsty, frowzy, q.v. See physique, appearance. See mentality, mentation, behavior. See nose, smell.
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
7
A Hundred Or More Hidden Things
Rather than presenting a bold, modern attraction to comple— ment the Music Hall's gleaming art deco design, the inaugural production staged by Robert Edmond Jones proved to be a fustily old—fashioned affair—a virtual funeral rite for ...
Mark Griffin, 2010
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Journal of the National Indian Association, in Aid of Social ...
... acquired a mastery over a certain branch of science by devoting his life and energy to it is pitied, if not actually despised, and is looked upon as one who smells fustily of books without having any practical knowledge of the ways of the world.
‎1884
9
YOU NEVER GET OUT: MEMORIES OF TWO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
The splendid scarlet hoods of the Nurses' Choir reposed fustily in the Vestry cupboard. There had never been a whole-time chaplain appointed specially for Western Meads. The situation seemed to me to be full of possibility. I must come to a ...
ROGER GRAINGER, 2013
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The International Dental Journal
He is a leather dealer, and can talk only about leather; a student, and smells fustily of books, as an inveterate smoker does of tobacco. . . . The most exact professional drill will omit to teach him the most interesting and the most important part of ...
‎1900

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUSTILY»

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After the election: beware the politics of generationalism
It presents a fustily dull, and very un-youthful, vision of youth. Above all, the attempt to characterise young people's concerns in terms of ... «Spiked, May 15»
2
Theater Review: A Disney Star in a Girl-Power Gigi
There's nothing diminutive or amateur or fustily feminine about the novella: It may have a happy ending (or maybe not), but it's hard as nails ... «Vulture, Apr 15»
3
The Next Palin Is in Your Pigsty
She doesn't come off as fustily professional as Carly Fiorina or Meg Whitman. Palin's character type can never be a career politician because ... «Daily Beast, Jan 15»
4
Big Eyes, reviewed: Margaret Keane's story is weird, but not weird …
“He's like the hula hoop,” Stamp mutters fustily at one point, wearing a giant cravat. “He just won't go away.” Canaday's takedown of a giant ... «National Post, Dec 14»
5
The ship-shape city
In Portsmouth, history isn't stored fustily behind glass, it is made real, to be delved into, walked amid, touched, smelled and lived. DOCK UP. «The Australian, Jul 14»
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A Mother-Daughter Test: London, Together
A wooden staircase, buffed by the ages, winds up multiple floors, past displays featuring an idiosyncratic selection of literary fiction and fustily ... «New York Times, Jun 14»
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What kind of person paints a topless Eli Manning?
He has imagined NFL logos as if they were hipsters, or obese, or fustily monocled Brits, or afflicted with terminal Manningface, at his own site ... «SB Nation, May 14»
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Adventures on the high seas
In Portsmouth, history isn't stored fustily behind glass: it is made real; it is there to be delved into, walked amid, touched, smelled and lived. «The Independent, May 14»
9
Guy Lodge's DVDs and downloads
Nicole Kidman offers conscientious support as his wife, Patti; Jeremy Irvine is particularly bright and affecting as the younger Lomax. Fustily but ... «The Guardian, May 14»
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Historic archives released online
Those in the know have always realised that the fustily named Archives New Zealand was hiding treasures in its countless boxes and files, but ... «Sunday Star Times, Jan 14»
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