sultry.

1. Uncomfortably warm, especially when the air is humid or feels heavy.

2. Suggesting sensual warmth or sexual allure in manner, voice, or appearance.

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Words that belong together

• a sultry evening
• sultry heat

On the page

A sultry evening pressed against the open windows.

They left the sultry street for the relative cool of the stone passage.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: sultry; comparative sultrier; superlative sultriest. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.