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Webster 1913 Edition
Gusty
Gust′y
,Adj.
Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous.
Upon a raw and
gusty
day. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Gusty
GUST'Y
,Adj.
Once upon a raw and gusty day,
The troubled Tyber chafing with his shores--
Definition 2024
gusty
gusty
English
Adjective
gusty (comparative gustier, superlative gustiest)
Quotations
- 2003, Lauren Henderson, My Lurid Past, page 48:
- A gusty sigh preceded the inevitable bad news. “You know that gig I was up for?” he asked rhetorically. “I didn't get it.”
Related terms
Translations
of wind: blowing in gusts
Anagrams
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ (“dense”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian husty, Polish gęsty, Czech hustý, Serbo-Croatian gȗst, and Russian густо́й (gustój)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡustɨ/
Adjective
gusty (comparative gusćejšy, superlative nejgusćejšy, adverb gusto)
Declension
Declension of gusty
| Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Neuter singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gusty | gusta | guste | gustej | guste |
| Genitive | gustego | gusteje | gustego | gusteju | gustych |
| Dative | gustemu | gustej | gustemu | gustyma | gustym |
| Accusative | gusty gustego (animate) |
gustu | guste | gustej gusteju (animate) |
guste gustych (optional animate form) |
| Instrumental | gustym | gusteju | gustym | gustyma | gustymi |
| Locative | gustem | gustej | gustem | gustyma | gustych |