01 a. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.
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Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.“Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie.” — Dryden.
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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.” — Addison.