What does sweltry mean?
Definitions for sweltry
swel·t·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
sweltering, sweltryadjective
excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
"a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sweltryadjective
Suffocating with heat.
Etymology: from swelter.
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sweltry
Sweltry refers to a state of being extremely hot and humid, often to the point of being oppressive or uncomfortable. It is usually used to describe the weather or atmosphere.
Webster Dictionary
Sweltryverb
suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry
Etymology: [See Swelter, Swelt, v. i., and cf. Sultry.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sweltry in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sweltry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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