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sultry
(encz) | sultry,dusný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sultry
(encz) | sultry,parný adj: mamm |
Sultry
(gcide) | Sultry \Sul"try\ (s[u^]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar. Sultrier
(s[u^]l"tr[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Sultriest.] [From
Sweltry.]
1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry
deserts.
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Such as, born beneath the burning sky
And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. --Dryden.
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2. Very hot and humid, or hot, close, stagnant, and
oppressive, as air.
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When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain plant. --Addison.
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sultry
(wn) | sultry
adj 1: sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a
sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: sensual, sultry]
2: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer
was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the
sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" [syn:
sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous] |
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Sultry
(gcide) | Sultry \Sul"try\ (s[u^]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar. Sultrier
(s[u^]l"tr[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Sultriest.] [From
Sweltry.]
1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry
deserts.
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Such as, born beneath the burning sky
And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. --Dryden.
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2. Very hot and humid, or hot, close, stagnant, and
oppressive, as air.
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When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain plant. --Addison.
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