sultrily

In alluring manner

Sultrily is the adverb form of sultry, describing actions done in a way that suggests heat, humidity, or—more commonly—sexual allure and smoldering intensity.

Someone who speaks sultrily uses a low, breathy voice meant to seduce or entice.

She looked at him sultrily across the bar.

The word appears most often in romance novels and descriptions of seductive behavior.

seductive

alluringly

In attractive manner

captivatingly · invitingly · irresistibly · smolderingly · tantalizingly · mesmerizingly · bewitchingly · enchantingly · provocatively · flirtatiously

sensual

sensuously

Gratifying the senses

caressingly · erotically · lustfully · carnally · breathily · huskily · throatily · lingeringly · provocatively · lasciviously

humid

muggily

In humid, stifling manner

oppressively · stuffily · suffocatingly · heavily · damply · moistly · tropically

passionate

ardently

With intense feeling

smolderingly · hotly · feverishly · heatedly · torridly

Opposites
emotional temperature/warmth

sultrilyicily

In unfriendly manner

coldly · coolly · frigidly · frostily · cuttingly

sexual/seductive quality

sultrilyinnocently

Without intent to harm

chastely · demurely · modestly · primly · prudishly

demeanor/affect

sultrilycheerfully

In a glad manner

brightly · breezily · perkily · lightheartedly · airily

Family

sultriness, sultrier, sultriest

Familiarity
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