Both Uses of
sultry
in
Oliver Twist
- He had been poring over them for some time; and, as the day had been uncommonly sultry, and he had exerted himself a great deal, it is no disparagement to the authors, whoever they may have been, to say, that gradually and by slow degrees, he fell asleep.
Chpt 34 *sultry = hot and humid
- I would paint her the life and joy of the fire-side circle and the lively summer group; I would follow her through the sultry fields at noon, and hear the low tones of her sweet voice in the moonlit evening walk; I would watch her in all her goodness and charity abroad, and the smiling untiring discharge of domestic duties at home; I would paint her and her dead sister's child happy in their love for one another, and passing whole hours together in picturing the friends whom they had…†
Chpt 53 *
Definitions:
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(sultry as in: a sultry afternoon) hot and humid
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(sultry as in: a sultry voice) expressing or arousing sensual desire -- especially in reference to a woman's appearance or voice