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mustily adverb uk /ˈmʌs.təl.i/ us /ˈmʌs.təl.i/ in a way that smells unpleasantly old and slightly wet: The shop was dimly lit and smelled mustily of old books. All the towels and sheets were mustily damp. At that time my grandmother lived in a mustily damp terraced house in the suburbs. The sleeping dogs smelled mustily of damp fur. The room smelled mustily of old leather, and the walls were lined with dusty bookshelves. The empty old house smelled mustily of sadness. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Smells & smelling acridly anosmic bergamot deodorize deodorizing fragrant fullness malodorous minging niff orangey petrichor piny pungency pungently redolent scented smelly sniff stink
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