As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
sweltering, sweltry
(adjective) excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; “a sweltering room”; “sweltering athletes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sweltry (comparative more sweltry, superlative most sweltry)
Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.
Source: Wiktionary
Swel"try, a. Etym: [See Swelter, Swelt, v. i., and cf. Sultry.]
Definition: Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.] Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 March 2025
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.