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Webster 1913 Edition


Sultry

Sul′try

(sŭl′try̆)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sultrier
(sŭl′trĭ-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
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 humid, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.
When in the
sultry
glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain plant.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sultry

SUL'TRY

, a.
1.
Very hot, burning and oppressive; as Libya's sultry deserts.
2.
Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant and unelastic; as air or the atmosphere. A sultry air is usually enfeebling and oppressive to the human body.
Such as born beneath the burning sky
And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie.

Definition 2024


sultry

sultry

English

Adjective

sultry (comparative sultrier, superlative sultriest)

  1. (weather) hot and humid
  2. very hot and dry; torrid
  3. sexually enthralling

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