sweltry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
    sweltering.
    • a sweltering room
    • sweltering athletes

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Swel"try adjective
Etymology
See Swelter, Swelt, v. i., and cf. Sultry.
Definitions
  1. Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. R. Evelyn.

Webster 1913