Definition of Dustiness

1. Noun. The state of being covered with dust.

Generic synonyms: Dirtiness, Uncleanness
Derivative terms: Dusty

Definition of Dustiness

1. n. The state of being dusty.

Definition of Dustiness

1. Noun. The quality of being dusty ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dustiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dustiness

dustcoat
dustcover
dustcovers
dusted
dusted off
duster
dusters
dustfall
dustfalls
dustfree
dustheap
dustheaps
dustier
dustiest
dustily
dustiness (current term)
dustinesses
dusting
dusting off
dusting powder
dustings
dustless
dustlike
dustman
dustmat
dustmats
dustmen
dustmite
dustmop
dustmote

Literary usage of Dustiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting by County Surveyors' Institute (Ohio)., Ohio Society of Professional Engineers (1900)
"One exception is dustiness, which, in dry seasons, will be worse on macadam roads than on dirt roads. The remedies for ruts are a surface of harder material ..."

2. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"With regard to the variation of atmospheric dustiness with altitude, owing to the many ways in which the vertical distribution may be affected by artificial ..."

3. Bulletin by Mount Weather Observatory, Bluemont, Va, United States Weather Bureau (1913)
"Now, the dustiness of the solar atmosphere, manifesting itself as a corona, certainly does vary through a considerable range from a maximum when the sun ..."

4. Physics of the Air by William Jackson Humphreys (1920)
"... depends not only upon the dustiness of the earth's atmosphere, but also upon the dustiness, and, of course, the temperature, of the solar atmosphere. ..."

5. The Hardy Country: Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels by Charles George Harper (1904)
"... compare in the most leisurely way the dry dustiness which ultimately pervades the persons of kings and bishops with the damper dustiness that is usually ..."

6. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"One of the most frequent complaints made by European growers against American clover seed is on account of the dustiness of the hay produced from this seed. ..."

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