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sultrier |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sultry \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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