gustier

gustier is the comparative form of gusty.

Meaning of gusty

gusty (comparative gustier, superlative gustiest)

Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
- The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, / The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, / And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza I, page 45
(figuratively) Characterized by or occurring in instances of sudden strong expression.
- A change evidently came over the countess's thoughts; her thin lips grew white (her eyes remained the same), and her voice when she spoke evidently surprised even herself by the violence of its gusty outburst.1898, Leo Tolstoy (Nathan Haskell Dole, trans.), War and peace, page 103
(figuratively) Bombastic, verbose.
- “I am a man of few words,” shouted a red-necked House member as he started his second hour of a gusty speech.1966, Jacob Morton Braude, Speech openers and closers - Volumes 1-4, page 53

gusty (comparative gustier, superlative gustiest)

With gusto.
- His lips, warm with his words, caught hers in a gusty kiss.1917, The Green Book Magazine - Volume 18, page 486

What is gustier the comparative form of?: Gustier is the comparative form of gusty.

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