🥵 Extremely hot 🔥 Extremely intense

swelteringly

7.7

To do something in a very hot and uncomfortable way

adverb
/ˈswɛltərɪŋli/

: sofocantemente

During the swelteringly hot summer, many people stayed indoors with fans and air conditioning.
swelteringly hot

Examples

I am pissed off, irritable, exhausted, hungry, swelteringly hot, and sore.

Blog text (25)
It was hot there, swelteringly so.

Fiction book (2002)
The weather was swelteringly hot, making it unbearable to stay outside for long.
As we walked through the city on that swelteringly hot afternoon, we looked for shade to cool off.

Synonyms

hellishly

vsswelteringly

2 8.8

In a very intense and unpleasant way

is about very hot, uncomfortable conditions rather than moral or evil intensity

blisteringly

vsswelteringly

1 7.3

Very hot or strong in a way that feels painful

emphasizes extreme heat that causes discomfort rather than general harshness

scorchingly

vsswelteringly

1 6.1

In very strong, burning heat like the sun

focuses on heat that causes discomfort rather than mere intensity

stiflingly

vsswelteringly

1 7.5

In a way that makes you find it hard to breathe and feel free because of heat or strict rules

is about extreme heat causing general discomfort, not suffocating air

sizzlingly

vsswelteringly

Informal

6.7

In a very hot, intense, or exciting way

focuses on unbearable heat and discomfort, not excitement

How Hot

scorchingly

1 6.1

swelteringly

7.7

mildly

92 2.7

Surface Forms

swelteringly positive

Morphology

swelteringly = sweltering (transparent) = swelter + ing + ly

Built from 'swelter' -> 'sweltering' (adjective) + '-ly'; meaning is directly derived as 'in a sweltering/very hot way'.

Etymology

Swelteringly comes from the old English verb sweltan, which meant 'to be overcome', and the simpler word swelter helps you picture heat that almost overwhelms you. That's why swelteringly describes air that is 'extremely hot and uncomfortable'.