"sultry" in the adjective sense
1. sensual, sultry
sexually exciting or gratifying
"sensual excesses"
"a sultry look"
"a sultry dance"
2. sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous
characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
"the summer was sultry and oppressive"
"the stifling atmosphere"
"the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
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