Sultry /(sŭl"try̆)/

Sul·try

Sultry

a.
  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.
  2. Very hot and humid, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.
    When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant.