Meaning

3 senses
  1. Hot and humid; sweltering.

    schwül, drückend, heiß

    зно́йныйznójnyj, зно́йныйznójnyj

  2. Emitting great heat.

    characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

  3. (figuratively)Sexually enthralling.

    sexy, heiß

    зно́йныйznójnyj

    sexually exciting or gratifying

Examples

9 sentences
  1. It was very sultry that night.

    deEs war sehr schwül in jener Nacht.

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  2. There is often sultry weather in summer.

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  3. On a sultry night in August a new theatre opened for business.

    deAn einem schwülen Abend im August öffnete ein neues Theater die Pforten.

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  4. In the sultry weather, sweat ran down her forehead, dampening her eyebrows.

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  5. I want to disappear somewhere! I tend to feel like that in sultry summers.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
hot and humid:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
hot and humid:
very hot and dry:
sexually enthralling:

Origin

From sulter (“verb (obsolete), a variant of swelter”) + -y; compare sweltry.

From sulter (“verb (obsolete), a variant of swelter”) + -y; compare sweltry.

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Forms

sultrier, sultriest
Comparativesultrier Lesson
Superlativesultriest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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