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SULTRY
1. [s] characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
2. [s] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert"
3. [s] sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance"
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1. [a] hot
2. [a] hot
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