| a. | 1. | Very hot, burning, and oppressive; |
| 2. | Very hot and humid, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air. |
| Adj. | 1. | sultry - sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" Synonyms: sensual |
| 2. | sultry - characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" | |
| 3. | sultry - burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" Synonyms: torrid |