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Smells unpleasantly old and slightly wet
- mustily adverb us / ˈmʌs.t ə l.i / uk / ˈmʌs.t ə l.i / Add to word list in a way that smells unpleasantly old and slightly wet:
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1. To be obliged or required by morality, law, or custom: Citizens must register in order to vote. 2. To be compelled, as by a physical necessity or requirement: Plants must have oxygen in order to live. 3. Used to express a command or admonition: You must not go there alone. You simply must be careful. 4.
What does the adjective musty mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective musty . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
uk / ˈmʌs.ti / us / ˈmʌs.ti /. Add to word list. smelling unpleasantly old and slightly wet: musty old books. a musty smell. a musty room. Compare. frowsty UK informal disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
B1. mainly: In the smaller towns, it's mostly (= usually) very quiet at nights. The band are mostly (= most of them are) teenagers. Fewer examples. Shakespeare wrote mostly in verse. After leaving school, she spent a year travelling, mostly in Africa and Asia. The disease mostly affects people over 50, causing paralysis and uncontrollable tremors.
The meaning of MOSTLY is for the greatest part : mainly. How to use mostly in a sentence.
having an odor or flavor suggestive of mold, as old buildings, long-closed rooms, or stale food. Synonyms: stale, moldy, dank. obsolete; outdated; antiquated: musty laws. dull; apathetic.
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Definitions of mostly. adverb. in large part; mainly or chiefly. synonyms: for the most part, largely. adverb. usually; as a rule. synonyms: by and large, generally, more often than not. Pronunciation.
