Associations to the word «Sultry»

Wiktionary

SULTRY, adjective. (weather) hot and humid
SULTRY, adjective. Very hot and dry; torrid
SULTRY, adjective. Sexually enthralling

Dictionary definition

SULTRY, adjective. Sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance".
SULTRY, adjective. Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats