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Sultriest

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.

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sultriest

a. (en-superlativesultry)

WordNet
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]

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Usage examples of "sultriest".

Strabismus in her sultriest manner, as if to say: “I know you’re a fraud, an outrageous fraud, and if I had you alone for two minutes, I’d have your pants down.

Quark,” she finished in her sultriest tones, “I know you will not fail me.