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Definition of Sweltry
1. Adjective. Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness. "Sweltering athletes"
Definition of Sweltry
1. a. Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.
Definition of Sweltry
1. Adjective. Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. ¹
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Definition of Sweltry
1. oppressively hot [adj -TRIER, -TRIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweltry
Literary usage of Sweltry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"sweltry; sultry ; suffocating with heat. The swelt'ring clouds. ... Along the
rough-hewn Bench The sweltry man had stretch'd him. ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"... sulphur Sultry, sweltry, very hot and oppressive. (E.) sweltry is the older
form, and is short for ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"sweltry; sultry ; suffocating with heat. The swelt'ring clouds. ... Along the
rough-hewn Bench The sweltry man had stretch'd him. ..."
4. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"... sulphur Sultry, sweltry, very hot and oppressive. (E.) sweltry is the older
form, and is short for ..."
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