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Definition of Chilly

1. Noun. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.

2. Adjective. Not characterized by emotion. "A female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues"

3. Adjective. Appreciably or disagreeably cold.

4. Adjective. Lacking warmth of feeling. "A chilly greeting"

Definition of Chilly

1. a. Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.

Definition of Chilly

1. Adjective. Cold enough to cause shivering; or suddenly feeling cold ¹

2. Adjective. Unfriendly or distant and cool ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chilly

1. cool [adj CHILLIER, CHILLIEST] : CHILLILY [adv] - See also: cool

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chilly

chilling effects chilling out chillingly chillis chillness chillnesses chillout chillouts chills chills and fever

chills out chilltime chillum chillums chillun chilly (current term) chilly bin chilly bins chilo- chilognath

chilognaths chilomastigiasis chilomastosis chilometre chiloplasty chilopod chilopodiasis chilopods chilorrhaphy chilostomatoplasty

Literary usage of Chilly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative British Dramas, Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"chilly. Very well, Anna. Stay in the shop until Mary comes. ... chilly. The bank manager sent for me when he came to the town after Covey cleared. MRS. ..."

2. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (1920)
"SHE plunged into the chilly equinoctial darkness as the clock struck ten, for her fifteen miles' walk under the steely stars. In lonely districts night is a ..."

3. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"Each morning she was nauseated, chilly, bedraggled, and certain that she would never again be attractive; each twilight she was afraid. ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1834)
"... but, under the circumstances, gave leave to withdraw it, and amend, on payment of costs. (a) See an instance, 3 chilly on Pleading, 1204. ..."

5. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Never may'st thou, lovely Flower, chilly shrink in sleety shower ! ... S. Why shrinks my soul half-blushing, half afraid, chilly shrink in sleety shower \ . ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Also ascribed to him are the Hôtel de Longueville and the Château Silly, or chilly, of Marshal d Effiat. ..."

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