mustily
adverb
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adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English musty Middle English -ly English -ly English mustily From musty + -ly.
- In a musty manner.
“1603, Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, translated by John Florio, The Second Chapter, “Of Repenting,” […] nor are there any spirits, or very rare ones, which in growing old taste not sowrely and mustily.”
“All this is but a light-headed understanding now; I mean, why so melancholy? thou lookest mustily, methinks.”