sul·try (adjective)
The definition of sultry according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary is hot and humid or burning hot. I came across this word in the story “The Turbid Ebb and Flow of Misery” by Margaret Sanger on page 107, top right paragraph when it says, “The sultry days and nights were melted into a torpid inferno.” Now knowing the definition of the word it helps me better understand that she was saying the days and nights were as hot and humid as hell, or in this case inferno. As well as the days and night were so hot that they melted and turned into hell.
