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▪ I. chilly, a.|ˈtʃɪlɪ|
Also 6 chyllie, 6–7 chillie.
[f. chill n. + -y1.]
Characterized by chillness.
1. That chills or produces the sensation of cold; appreciably or disagreeably cold.
1570Turberv. Lover to his carefull Bed, Ne heate..May bate my chillie colde. 1573Twyne æneid. xi. Hh j b, Nights chyllie shade. 1725Pope Odyss. xii. 435 A chilly fear congeal'd my vital blood. 1793Southey Tri. Woman 124 The chilly mists of eventide. 1849Lytton Caxtons iii. vi, It was as chilly as if it had been October.
2. Affected by a chill or by cold; feeling rather cold, coldish.
b. Sensitive to cold, easily chilled.
1611Florio, Griccioloso, chillie or shiuering through cold. 1727W. Pulteney in Colman's Posth. Lett. (1820) 12 By nursing herself up too much, she is so chilly that she can scarce stir abroad without catching cold. 1839Dickens Nich. Nick. xxii, The chilly cry of the poor sweep as he crept shivering to his early toil. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 93, I..found him, sitting near a fire, for he is of a chilly nature.
3. fig. Void of, or adverse to, warmth of feeling.
1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 143 A chilly feeling in which for a time grief is kept aloof by fear. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 33 Very chilly to general theories, loftily disdainful to the men of a principle.
4. In comb., as chilly-fingered, chilly-hearted, adjs.
1818Keats Endymion iv. 971 Chilly-finger'd spring. 1865Trollope Belton Est. xix. 223 He was chilly-hearted, but yet quite capable of enough love to make him a good son.
▪ II. chilly, adv.|ˈtʃɪllɪ|
[f. chill a. + -ly2.]
In a chill manner, with chillness.
1640O. Sedgwicke Christs Counsell 12 Done..coldly, chilly, carelesly. 1759Mason Caractacus Ode i. (R.) The midnight air falls chilly on my breast. 1834H. Martineau Farrers i. 1 The March wind blew in chilly. |