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Sultry

Sultry Meaning & Definition
Sultry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sultry?

[adj] characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
[adj] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert"
[adj] sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sultry: hot | sensual | stifling | sulfurous | sulphurous | torrid

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Sultry In Webster's Dictionary

\Sul"try\, a. [Compar. {Sultrier}; superl. {Sultriest}.] [From {Sweltry}.] 1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts. Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. --Dryden. 2. Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air. When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant. --Addison.

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