Usually means: Oppressively hot and humid weather.
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  10. sweltry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of sweltery. [Sweltering, sultry.]

Similar:
sweltering, hot, swoltery, sweer, mesel, stalworthly, swate, swoln, vulnary, scelerous, more...

Types:
muggy, sticky, humid, close, oppressive, more...

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Similar:
sweltering, hot, swoltery, sweer, mesel, stalworthly, swate, swoln, vulnary, scelerous, more...

Types:
muggy, sticky, humid, close, oppressive, more...



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