Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sultriest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sultry \Sul"try\, a. [Compar. {Sultrier}; superl. {Sultriest}.]
[From {Sweltry}.]
1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry
deserts.
Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry
sun, betwixt the tropics lie. --Dryden.
2. Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and
oppressive, as air.
When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty
mountain plant. --Addison.
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