chillilyadv.
/ˈtʃɪlɪli/ In a chilly or chilling manner.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adverb]
coldlya1240
bleak1590
frostily1616
chilly1759
chillinglyc1784
bleakly1795
icily1815
frigidly1844
chillilya1849
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > coldly or without warm feeling
freezinglya1420
coldly1550
frostily1616
coolly1627
chilly1640
wintry1691
chillinglyc1784
icily1825
wintrily1843
frozenly1851
frigidly1883
chillily1886
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > not affably
strangelyc1374
coldly1550
squeamishly1571
coolly1627
chilly1640
reservedly1710
repulsively1725
starchly1755
chillinglyc1784
distantly1798
uncordially1811
stiffly1823
frozenly1851
pokerishly1867
chillily1886
standoffishly1892
aloofly1963
a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 75 Winter's blast From the north is chillily returning.
1884 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 120.
1886 G. Allen In All Shades II. xxv. 193 Dupuy condescended..to ask chillily whether he was expecting friends.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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