- Sultrily
- Sultrily \Sul"tri*ly\, adv. In a sultry manner. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Sultrily
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sultrily — adverb see sultry … New Collegiate Dictionary
sultrily — See sultry. * * * … Universalium
sultrily — adverb In a sultry manner … Wiktionary
sultrily — sul·tri·ly … English syllables
sultrily — adverb in a sultry and sensual manner the belly dancer mover sensually among the tables • Syn: ↑sensually • Derived from adjective: ↑sultry, ↑sensual (for: ↑sensually) … Useful english dictionary
sultry — sultrily, adv. sultriness, n. /sul tree/, adj., 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… … Universalium
sensually — adverb in a sultry and sensual manner the belly dancer mover sensually among the tables • Syn: ↑sultrily • Derived from adjective: ↑sultry (for: ↑sultrily), ↑sensual … Useful english dictionary
sultry — adjective (sultrier; est) Etymology: obsolete English sulter to swelter, alteration of English swelter Date: 1594 1. a. very hot and humid ; sweltering < a sultry day > b. burning hot ; torrid … New Collegiate Dictionary
sultriness — See sultrily. * * * … Universalium
sultry — [ sʌltri] adjective (sultrier, sultriest) 1》 (of the weather) hot and humid. 2》 (of a woman) displaying or suggesting a strongly sexual nature. Derivatives sultrily adverb sultriness noun Origin C16: from obs. sulter swelter … English new terms dictionary
