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Meanings of sultry in English

Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity.

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(About the weather) Hot and humid.

Usage of sultry in English
1
It was half-dark; the morning saal lay in a hot sultry twilight.
Pointed Roofs: Pilgrimage, Volume 1
2
In summer, they are sultry and suffocating; in winter, cold and dry.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies o...
3
The air was very sultry in the house with the green shutters.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
4
A sultry, hot day at the coalface isn't ever an easy ask.
The Irish Times
5
It was a warm, sultry evening in the middle of the week.
The Desired Woman
6
I'm glad to hear that, she said, her voice soft and sultry.
Strong, sleek and sinful
7
Sade's sultry vocals over this mid-tempo track set the mood just right.
Ebony
8
Thirty minutes later he had slipped out into San Juan's sultry blackness.
The Guardian
9
The courtyard is rather too sultry to-day, in spite of the shade.
South Wind
10
Through the sultry and hazy atmosphere no rain fell in cooling showers.
Brought Home
11
Apprehension fell over him like an icy rain in the sultry air.
Bella Donna: A Novel
12
He disregarded the sultry heat and the cold, despised thirst and hunger.
The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
13
The morning breeze died away, and the noon was close and sultry.
New National Fourth Reader
14
In summer he is not languid, for the air is never sultry.
California and the Californians
15
Very dull morning and sultry; every appearance of rain, sky perfectly overcast.
McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia
16
It was hot and sultry, which is rare in an English June.
Night and Morning, Volume 1
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
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