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chilly
[ chil-ee ]
adjective
- mildly cold or producing a sensation of cold; causing shivering; chill:
a chilly breeze.
- feeling cold; sensitive to cold:
Her hands were chilly.
- without warmth of feeling; cool:
a chilly reply.
- producing or likely to produce a feeling of fear; frightening:
He told a chilly story of ghosts and murder.
adverb
- Also chill·i·ly []. in a mildly cold manner:
The wind blew chilly.
chilly
/ ˈtʃɪlɪ /
adjective
- causing or feeling cool or moderately cold
- without warmth; unfriendly
- (of people) sensitive to cold
Derived Forms
- ˈchilliness, noun
Other Words From
- chill·i·ness noun
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
For the shorter term however, it will remain chilly for the rest of this week before temperatures return to more typical for mid-March into next week.
Braving the chilly water in a swimsuit became a daily ritual.
The wet, chilly weather is arriving just as celebrities gather for the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday afternoon at the Dolby Theatre.
It's chilly at the O2 Arena this evening so this is a pretty smart choice from the US singer.
And yet you love the West Coast warmth, and the closest you’d like to get to living in charming but chilly Denmark is the California town of Solvang?
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