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sultry

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌltri/
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Definition of sultry

adjective (sultrier, sultriest)

  • 1(of the air or weather) hot and humid: the sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects the air was warm, slightly humid but not sultry
  • 2(especially of a woman or her behaviour) displaying or suggesting a strongly sexual nature:a sultry French au pair

Derivatives

sultrily

adverb

sultriness

noun

Origin:

late 16th century: from obsolete sulter 'swelter'

sultry in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sultry in the US English dictionary
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