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- [suhl-tree]
- /ˈsʌl tri/
- /ˈsʌl.tri/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suhl-tree]
- /ˈsʌl tri/
Definitions of sultry word
- adjective sultry oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day. 1
- adjective sultry oppressively hot; emitting great heat: the sultry sun. 1
- adjective sultry characterized by or associated with sweltering heat: sultry work in the fields. 1
- adjective sultry characterized by or arousing passion: sultry eyes. 1
- adjective sultry Sultry weather is hot and damp. 0
- adjective sultry Someone who is sultry is attractive in a way that suggests hidden passion. 0
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Origin of sultry
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
1585-95; sult(e)r (variant of swelter) + -y1
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Parts of speech for Sultry
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sultry popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sultry usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sultry
adj sultry
- austral — of or coming from the south
- baking — You can use baking to describe weather or a place that is very hot indeed.
- calescent — increasing in heat
- choky — involving, caused by, or causing choking
- close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
adjective sultry
- dampish — (obsolete) Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.
- hotblooded — Spirited, rash, reckless.
- oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- ovenlike — Resembling an oven, especially in shape.
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