'sultrily
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sultry (ˈsʌltrɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -trier, -triest | |
| 1. | (of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid |
| 2. | characterized by or emitting oppressive heat |
| 3. | displaying or suggesting passion; sensual: sultry eyes |
| [C16: from obsolete sulter to | |
| 'sultrily | |
| —adv | |
| 'sultriness | |
| —n | |
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'sultrily
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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