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Definition of Sultry

1. Adjective. Sexually exciting or gratifying. "A sultry dance"

2. Adjective. Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. "The sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

Definition of Sultry

1. a. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.

Definition of Sultry

1. Adjective. (context: weather) hot and humid ¹

2. Adjective. very hot and dry; torrid ¹

3. Adjective. sexually enthralling ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sultry

1. very hot and humid [adj -TRIER, -TRIEST] : SULTRILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sultry

sultans sultanship sultanships sultany sultim sultims sultine sultines sultone sultones

sultrier sultriest sultrily sultriness sultrinesses sulu sulus sulvanite sum sum-up

sum of its parts sum of money sum total sum up sumac sumac family sumach sumachs sumacs

Literary usage of Sultry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Russian Poetry by Babette Deutsch (1921)
"BELOW THE sultry STORM " Below the sultry storm that seemed to lower, An alien force, again I heard the call Of my mysterious mate: the prisoned power Of ..."

2. The American Common-place Book of Poetry, with Occasional Notes (1839)
"A sultry NOON, not in the summer's prime, When all is fresh with life, and youth, and bloom, But near its close, when vegetation stops, And fruits mature ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"Cool mornings and delicious evenings, with noons not too sultry, make up the early autumn day. A delicate azure, broken by the white of fleecy clouds, ..."

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