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sultry

[ suhl-tree ]

adjective

sultrier, sultriest.
  1. oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering:

    a sultry day.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. oppressively hot; emitting great heat:

    the sultry sun.

  3. characterized by or associated with sweltering heat:

    sultry work in the fields.

  4. characterized by or arousing passion:

    sultry eyes.



sultry

/ ˈʌٰɪ /

adjective

  1. (of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid
  2. characterized by or emitting oppressive heat
  3. displaying or suggesting passion; sensual

    sultry eyes

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰܱԱ, noun
  • ˈٰܱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܱt· adverb
  • ܱt·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ܱt adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sultry1

1585–95; sult(e)r (variant of swelter ) + -y 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sultry1

C16: from obsolete sulter to swelter + -y 1
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A cut from her upcoming EP, due in April, “The Betrayal” is a sultry baile funk song that simmers with righteous indignation.

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The lyrics are sultry and full of innuendo, with Gomez singing about "holding you naked" in central Los Angeles.

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Currently on tour in Australia, he's been loosening up, gently leaning into the softer image he's spent recent years trying to toughen, even performing an intimate karaoke bar set of early sultry hits.

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Like an ice cube on a sultry summer day, Greenland’s ice sheet is melting, and that water, flowing into the ocean, is steadily raising sea level globally.

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It sounds a little cheesy next to the sultry, sophisticated material that eventually populated the record.

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