sultrily

1. 1.

   in a sultry and sensual manner

   “the belly dancer mover sensually among the tables”

   Synonymssensually

Questions about sultrily

What does sultrily mean?

sultrily means "in a sultry and sensual manner".

How many syllables are in sultrily?

sultrily has 3 syllables and divides as sul-tri-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sultrily?

Close synonyms include sensually. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sultrily a common word?

sultrily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.