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sultrily

/sˈʌltɹili/ adv

In a sultry manner.

Word Origin Sultrily is the adverb of sultry, which we already covered. Sultry comes from swelter, meaning to faint from heat. The -ly suffix makes it an adverb. So sultrily means in a hot, oppressive, sensual manner. The root *sweltan gives us swelter, and *likō gives us -ly (body, form) but that's not directly in sultrily; the -ly is from Old English -lice, from *likō. So sultrily is 'in a sultry body/form'? Not exactly, but the -ly suffix is from that root.

adv In a sultry manner.

The air hung sultrily in the tropical evening, heavy with humidity.

(副词) 闷热地；湿热地；酷热地

热带夜晚的空气闷热地笼罩着，充满了湿气。

(adverbio) bochornosamente; sofocantemente; tórridamente [De manera bochornosa o sofocante.]

El aire flotaba bochornosamente en la tarde tropical, cargado de humedad.

(adverbe) d'une manière étouffante; lourdement; avec une chaleur lourde [De manière étouffante et lourde, avec une chaleur moite et oppressante.]

L'air pesait, étouffant et lourd, dans cette soirée tropicale chargée d'humidité.

(Adverb) schwül; drückend [Auf eine schwüle, drückend heiße und feuchte Weise.]

Die Luft hing **sultrily** in dem tropischen Abend, schwer von Feuchtigkeit.

(副詞) 蒸し暑く。うだるような様子で。

熱帯の夕暮れに、湿気を帯びた空気がうだるような暑さで立ち込めていた。

(advérbio) de maneira abafada; de maneira sufocante [De maneira abafada ou sufocante.]

O ar pairava abafado na noite tropical, pesado de umidade.

Synonyms: hotly humidly oppressively swelteringly mugglily steamily stiflingly torridly Antonyms: coolly refreshingly briskly crisply
Word parts: sultr + ily

Related words

sultry sultriness swelter

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