- 1(of the weather or air) very hot and uncomfortable synonym muggy a sultry summer afternoon The weather was still very heavy and sultry.
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- 2(formal) (of a woman or her appearance) sexually attractive; seeming to have strong sexual feelings synonym sexy a sultry smile a sultry singer
noun [uncountable]See sultry in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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