What is "sultrier"

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.

   Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie.
   --Dryden.

2. Very hot and humid, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.

   When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant.
   --Addison.

a. (en-comparative of: sultry)

1. adj. sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: sensual]

2. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" [syn: stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous]

3. burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" [syn: torrid]

4. [also: sultriest, sultrier]

See sultry