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Spell Bee Word: Sultry


Basic Details

Word: Sultry

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Hot, damp and uncomfortable, used about the weather or the air, as on a still afternoon just before the monsoon breaks.

Synonyms: humid, muggy, sticky, close

Antonyms: cool, fresh, breezy

How to Spell Sultry

Syllables: sul - try

Tricky part: There is no vowel between t and r, and the ending is a y. Students write sultery or sultri.

Watch out for: sultery, sultri, sulltry

Memory tip: Sweat runs in sultry weather; remember s-u-l-t then a quick try: sul + try.

Usage Examples

Example 1: It was so sultry in Kolkata that my shirt stuck to my back.

Example 2: The sultry air before the storm made everyone restless.

Example 3: We sat by the window on a sultry evening, waiting for a breeze.

Fun Fact

Sultry comes from an old verb, sulter, which was a form of swelter, to be uncomfortably hot.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word sultry as it is used in the sentence:

It was a sultry afternoon in Chennai, and even the ceiling fan seemed to push warm air around.

a) breezy
b) chilly
c) frosty
d) humid

Show answer

d) humid. Sultry weather is hot and damp, in other words humid.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

sultery

a) y
b) e
c) r
d) t

Show answer

b) e. The t and r sit side by side with no vowel between them.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:

The rlsuyt weather made everyone sleepy after lunch.

a) sultry
b) surly
c) sturdy
d) salty

Show answer

a) sultry. Surly lacks a t, sturdy has a d and salty has an a; only sultry fits these six letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which month in north India is most likely to be sultry?

a) January
b) February
c) July
d) December

Show answer

c) July

2. Sultry is the opposite of ____ weather.

a) damp and still
b) hot and sticky
c) heavy and warm
d) cool and fresh

Show answer

d) cool and fresh

Associated Words

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murmuradvantageousfunctioncausedismissed

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