Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being sultry; heat with a moist or close air.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being sultry.

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  • noun The state or quality of being sultry.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire
  • noun oppressively hot and humid weather

Etymologies

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From sultry +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • I cannot breathe; the sultriness is dreadful; your window is still open.

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  • Measuring 6 inches (7” with base), this mini-statue captures the charm and sultriness of this real-life heroine in exacting, minute detail.

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  • Adele for six awards, including Album of the Year: Who can resist this English crooner's sultriness wow, that's really a word?

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  • The sun came out, increasing the sultriness of the day, while the dead calm still held.

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  • In the lee of Waihee, between the white beach and the reef, no whisper of breeze eased the still sultriness.

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  • In the lee of Waihee, between the white beach and the reef, no whisper of breeze eased the still sultriness.

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  • Bred in this sparkling and cool sunshine, in these pure and silvered mists of America, it was no wonder that sometimes she fainted in the thick sultriness of an August noon in a southern Chinese city, filled too full of human breath and of the odor of sweating human flesh….

    PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010

  • Bred in this sparkling and cool sunshine, in these pure and silvered mists of America, it was no wonder that sometimes she fainted in the thick sultriness of an August noon in a southern Chinese city, filled too full of human breath and of the odor of sweating human flesh….

    PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010

  • Rhona Mitra is hot and she has the sultriness attitude that can carry on to a Selina Kyle/Catwoman character.

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  • Burhenn ups the sultriness factor on "What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood," making for an album of smoky, seductive songs that show she's been listening to plenty of Dusty Springfield lately.

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