Topic: NATURE
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Origin: | sulter 'to be uncomfortably hot' (16-17 centuries), from swelter |
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sul‧try
1DN weather that is sultry is hot with air that feels wet [= humid]: a hot and sultry day Since the rain, the air had become heavy and still and sultry.
a hot and sultry daySince the rain, the air had become heavy and still and sultry.2 a woman who is sultry makes other people feel strong sexual attraction to her : She threw Carlo a sultry glance. a sultry film star
She threw Carlo a sultry glance.a sultry film star —sultriness noun [uncountable]
