sul ‧ try /ˈsʌltri/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: sulter 'to be uncomfortably hot' (16-17 centuries) , from swelter ]
1 . weather that is sultry is hot with air that feels wet SYN humid :
a hot and sultry day
Since the rain, the air had become heavy and still and sultry.
2 . a woman who is sultry makes other people feel strong sexual attraction to her:
She threw Carlo a sultry glance.
a sultry film star
—sultriness noun [uncountable]