sultry

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Hot and humid

   Hot and humid; sweltering.

   • Other ſignes of the Hiues fullneſſe and readineſſe to ſwarm are at the Hiue-doore, […] Fourthly, their firſt lying forth in foggy and ſultrie mornings & euenings, & going in again when the aire is cleere.
   • Here in the sultriest season let him rest, / Fresh is the green beneath those aged trees; / Here winds of gentlest wing will fan his breast, / From heaven itself he may inhale the breeze: […]
2. 2

   Emitting great heat.

   • The battlefield—an undulating, parched, and dusty expanse—is lying under the sultry sun of a July afternoon.
3. 3

   Sexually enthralling.

   • The claim by [Scarlett] Johansson, who played a sultry virtual AI assistant in the 2013 movie “Her,” seemed to be bolstered by a cryptic tweet Altman posted to greet a demo of the product. The tweet said, simply, “her.”

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