2 meanings
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1 —as in:
a sultry afternoon
Definition
hot and humid- It was a sultry afternoon. I could barely breath.
sultry = hot and humid
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- The forecast is for another round of overnight storms followed by another sultry day.
- The day of the reaping's hot and sultry.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- In the evening it grows sultry and the heat rises from the earth.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- It was a cloudy, sultry afternoon; the seamen were lazily lounging about the decks, or vacantly gazing over into the lead-coloured waters.Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
- The weather had been somewhat sultry, but not to any degree uncommon in the month of August.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- Aunt Sally jumped for her, and most hugged the head off of her, and cried over her, and I found a good enough place for me under the bed, for it was getting pretty sultry for us, seemed to me.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The air that came in through the window was sultry; it made Dustfinger drowsy.Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart
- It was hot and sultry and Janie left the field and went home.Zora Neale Hurston -- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- With the sun hanging low, the air had none of the sultry humid heat of the coast, and I caught the scent of conifers drifting down from the mountains.Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John
sultry = hot and humid
sultry = hot and humid
sultry = hot and humid
sultry = hot and humid
sultry = hot and humid
sultry = hot and humid (figuratively)
sultry = hot and humid
sultry = hot and humid
sultry = hot and humid
2 —as in:
a sultry voice
Definition
expressing or arousing sensual desire — especially in reference to a woman's appearance or voice- I was captivated by her soulful, sultry voice.
sultry = expressing or arousing sensual desire
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Ms. Webley described the transition of the "sexy American girl" from the classic blue-eyed blonde to the sultry brunette with brains and charm.
- Bored out of her skull, she'd been taking pictures of herself in the booth for twenty minutes. This round, she'd made sultry, sex-kitten expressions.Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars
- During dessert of boysenberry cream with savoiardi and steaming Romcaffe, Vittoria pressed her bare legs against his beneath the table and fixed him with a sultry stare.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- Billboards hung at its corners, advertising Coca-Cola and cigarettes; Hollywood movie posters displayed sultry actresses dancing with handsome, brown-skinned men in fields of marigolds.Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner
- Night Had Hung a sultry, black curtain, sequined gold.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- Her beams bemocked the sultry main,
Like April hoar-frost spread;
But where the ship's huge shadow lay,
The charmed water burnt alway
A still and awful red.Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - The kid peeled one side of his jacket open and gave me a fleeting glance of his sexy pictures: postcards of Hindi movies showing doe-eyed sultry actresses, fully dressed, in the arms of their leading men.Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner
sultry = expressing or arousing sensual desire
sultry = sexy (expressing or arousing sensual desire)
sultry = expressing or arousing sensual desire
sultry = expressing or arousing sensual desire