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sultry |
2 definitions 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sultry adj 1: sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: {sensual}] 2: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" [syn: {stifling}, {sulfurous}, {sulphurous}] 3: burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" [syn: {torrid}]
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