torrid
adjective
subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area.
torridly
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a word derived from
torrid.
Example Sentences
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The affair was a stormy one; as Eastman torridly tells it, heaven-shattering passion alternated with earth-shaking rage.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a moment's quiet, while Ray looked away,—supporting his chin upon one hand, and a black cloud sweeping torridly down the stern face.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 by Various
Into that caldron with its furnace-cracked floor the sun had poured itself torridly for countless eons.
From Mavericks by Raine, William MacLeod
On one promontory a slant of sunshine blazed torridly, on another, scarcely a mile away, a squall was bursting in furious downpour of driving rain.
From A Son Of The Sun by London, Jack
It was torridly hot, and softish to walk on.
From The Wouldbegoods by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
