Sultry 1100 Words You Need Week 20 Day 3

Sultry 1100 Words You Need

Sultry 1100 Words You Need

/ˈsʌl.tri/ (adj)

1. (of weather) uncomfortably warm and too humid, hot and damp, hot and humid, baking, oppressive, boiling, scorching, roasting
2. (of women) sexy and sensual, erotic

March 1st, the state of the weather and the range of the thermometer precisely the same as on the preceding day. Nine cases were admitted, but they were mostly of a controllable character; only one casualty. 2nd. The weather sultry and oppressive, the thermometer ranging between 82° and 94°; seven admissions, but no casualty. 3rd. The weather less sultry; the thermometer ranged between 81° and 90°; one admission and one casualty. 4th. Weather close and sultry; the thermometer ranged between 92° and 94°; five admissions and two deaths ; one of these latter was under treatment since the 28th of last month, and the other since the 1st instant. In both imperfect reaction took place, but they sank under cerebral congestion.

Source: The book, Reports on Asiatic Cholera in Regiments of the Madras Army from 1828 to 1844 …

Antonym: fresh, cool, agreeable

Noun: sultriness

Adverb: sultrily

Farsi: شرجى ،خيلى گرم ومرطوب ،سخت ،داغ ،خفه