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Sul·try a. [Compar. Sultrier superl. Sultriest.]
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.
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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]
[also: sultriest, sultrier]