sweaty

CEFRB1

/ˈswɛti/

adjective

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01
adjective
Covered with or producing sweat.
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adjective
Extra detail
Having a tendency to sweat.

Examples

Look for a bald and sweaty guy.
Tom's palms were sweaty and his mouth was dry.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 4

Also pronounced

[ˈswɛɾi]

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adjective

Extra meanings

Likely to cause one to sweat.
Covered in sweat.
Caused by sweat.

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In context

When I run, I get sweaty.
It was a hot and sweaty day.
John felt better after changing out of his sweaty clothes.

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You never worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.
1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC
In that a Snayl or Dodman, vvhich is not only not vvarm, but to our feeling, very cold, is fain to brood its as cold svveatty eggs, neſted upon a cold vvet earth, beſpievving them about vvith the fuzze of a cold clammy froth, in coldish [d]raughty vveather, and all making vvay to a kind and timely hatching of them: […] I dare undertake to light ſooner of that vvarmth and reek and air, that vvill hatch an hens egge, than that cold and devv and clammineſs, that goes to the hatching of a ſnails.
1674, N[athaniel] Fairfax, chapter V, in A Treatise of the Bulk and Selvedge of the World. Wherein the Greatness, Littleness and Lastingness of Bodies are Freely Handled. […], London: […] Robert Boulter, […], →OCLC, pages 125–126
For example a conscious attemp at separating the "hots and sweaties" from the “bibs and tuckers” is often desirable amount according to which activity areas he/she has used.
1975, Australian Parks & Recreation, page 20
Crowd ranges from post-gym sweaties to locals.
1997, New York - Volume 30, page 46
An ardent proponent of geek culture, Schnepp would often refer to himself and his fellow enthusiasts of genre entertainment as “Sweaties,” a reminder of his creed that it was OK to sweat over something you love (and also perhaps a reference to the perspiration such fans would often endure as a result of waiting in long lines during the hot days of Comic-Con to see their favorite actors and creators in panels and autograph sessions). This earned him the moniker “King of the Sweaties.”
2018 July 20, John Latchem, “Filmmaker and Comic-Con Mainstay Jon Schnepp Dies”, in Media Play News

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English swety, equivalent to sweat + -y.

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adjective

After the intense workout, his blank hands made it hard to grip the bar.