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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 ·· []. in a mildly cold manner:
The wind blew chilly.
chilly
/ ˈʃɪɪ /
adjective
- causing or feeling cool or moderately cold
- without warmth; unfriendly
- (of people) sensitive to cold
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ··Ա noun
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Banana Cake is for right now — for windy, sunny, even chilly and stormy, abundant spring!
If it feels a bit chilly now, just wait until next week when it will be much warmer.
Open Cup game with LAFC’s NextPro team went into extra time late on a chilly weeknight, few in the crowd left.
She obliges his request and turns back to a human avatar before adding, “I’m feeling a bit chilly without my fur coat!”
On a chilly day last spring, that backdrop is on impressive display in Studios d’Epinay, one of Europe’s oldest studios, located north of Paris.
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