8 May 2015

sultry

[suhl-tree]

adjective, sultrier, sultriest.
1. oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering:
a sultry day.
2. oppressively hot; emitting great heat:
the sultry sun.
3. characterized by or associated with sweltering heat:
sultry work in the fields.
4. characterized by or arousing passion:
sultry eyes.

Origin of sultry
1585-15951585-95; sult(e)r (variant of swelter ) + -y1

Related forms
sultrily, adverb
sultriness, noun
unsultry, adjective

Synonyms
1. oppressive, stifling, humid.

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Examples from the web for sultry
– A saucy, sultry 5-foot-10, with long, dark hair, she created quite a stir and did not lack for admirers.
(Billionaire Divorcee’s Happy Ending Sandra McElwaine January 23, 2011)

– But she did offer a prediction: “My guess: with Mad Men the song will be sultry.”
(‘Mad Men’ Premiere: A History of ‘Zou Bisou Bisou,’ Megan’s Sultry Song to Don Lauren Streib March 25, 2012)

– Ruhi, a sultry 19-year-old, sees beauty pageants as her ticket to success.
(Models vs. Militants: Nisha Pahuja’s Film Shows Two Worlds of Indian Women Abigail Pesta May 4, 2012)

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Today’s aphorism

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.

– Henry Ford

On this day

8 May 1911 – birthday of Robert Johnson. American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.

8 May 1945 – VE day. Victory in Europe – the day that Nazi Germany formally surrendered in World War II.