sultrily

Thân thiện

The belly dancer moved sultrily across the stage.

Definition

Adverb: * In a manner that is oppressively hot and humid. * In a manner that suggests or expresses passionate, sensual, or seductive qualities.

Usage

The adverb "sultrily" is used to modify a verb, describing how an action is performed. It most commonly describes a way of speaking, moving, or looking that is slow, deliberate, and suggestive of passion or sensuality. It can also describe weather conditions in a literary or descriptive way.

Examples

• She whispered sultrily into the microphone, captivating the entire audience.
• The air hung sultrily over the swamp, thick with moisture and heat.
• He looked at her sultrily from across the crowded room.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Atmosphere: Used in literature to create a mood of oppressive heat or sensual tension.
  • The night was sultrily still, without a breath of wind.
• Character Portrayal: Often used to describe a character's deliberate and seductive demeanor.
  • The detective in the noir film always spoke sultrily to the femme fatale.

Variants and Related Words

• Sultry (adjective): The base form.
  • sultry weather, a sultry voice, a sultry look
• Sultriness (noun): The quality or state of being sultry.
  • the sultriness of the summer night

Synonyms

• Sensually: In a manner relating to physical pleasure or the senses.
• Seductively: In a manner intended to attract or tempt someone.
• Voluptuously: In a manner suggesting luxurious pleasure and sensual enjoyment.
• Oppressively (for the weather-related meaning): In a manner that is uncomfortably heavy or overwhelming.

Antonyms

• Frigidly: In a very cold or unfeeling manner.
• Chastely: In a manner that is pure, modest, or abstains from sexual activity.
• Briskly: In an active, quick, or energetic manner.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a sultry and sensual manner
   • the belly dancer mover sensually among the tables

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sensually