\Sweat"y\, a. [Compar. {Sweatier}; superl. {Sweatiest}.] 1. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment. 2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat. No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams. --Swift. 3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult. ``The sweaty forge.'' --Prior.