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Definition of chilly in English: chillyadjectivechilliest, chillier ˈtʃɪliˈtʃɪli 1Uncomfortably or unpleasantly cold. a chilly February evening Example sentencesExamples - MY fondest memory of Halloween occurred one chilly evening 13 or so years ago.
- He said he had loaned the woman his jumper when the air turned chilly during an evening out after the flight in August, 2001.
- Too bad those chilly San Francisco evenings demand socks and shoes.
- The first of this year's meetings on May 8th was well attended though the evening was quite chilly after the great April spell.
- The moon was about a half off its regular size and the weather began chilly and unpleasant.
- I have an immersion heater so we'll have hot water, but the radiators are stone cold and it's chilly this evening.
- A chilly, drizzly evening set the stage for a terrific tale of murder, mystery and mayhem, led by one Mr. Ripper's foremost authorities.
- The BT engineer should be around tomorrow morning to work on it, which is great as it's a little chilly in here this evening.
- ON a chilly autumn evening seven years ago a young soldier died in mysterious circumstances on the training area at Catterick Garrison.
- I have an old Shetland wool cardigan jacket, knitted in a massive cable stitch, that I tend to wear on chilly evenings.
- This is just the thing for these chilly winter evenings and it's so simple, so delicious and so brilliant.
- Sultry summer evenings gave way to chilly autumn and cold winter nights.
- The atmosphere in Gurazada open-air auditorium at Siripuram junction warmed up on a chilly evening with hot numbers.
- In every one the owner offered a little cup of strong black sugary tea and a chair by the stove, since outside high summer the evenings are decidedly chilly.
- Although I was quite wet on the chilly evening, I continued to talk with one agent after another.
- A big, blazing fire in a massive, heat retaining rock fireplace will be just the thing for chilly evenings - or cold winter days.
- On a chilly Sunday evening, amidst the picturesque Necklace Road, Hyderabadis were witness to a special event.
- They are also ideal for supplementing existing central heating systems, not only throughout the winter months but also on chilly spring and autumn evenings.
- That's what found him under the glare of the strobe lights one chilly Saturday evening amidst the calm environs of the Chiran Fort Club.
- The evenings are becoming chilly now, enough to remind us of how very cold it will be, come winter.
Synonyms cold, cool, crisp, fresh, brisk, bleak, wintry, snowy, frosty, icy, ice-cold, icy-cold, glacial, polar, arctic, raw, sharp, bitter, bitterly cold, biting, piercing, penetrating, freezing, frigid informal nippy British informal parky literary chill rare gelid, brumal - 1.1 (of a person) feeling cold.
Example sentencesExamples - His whole body hurt, and he was chilly and he wanted the bloody blanket if he cut his wrists getting it.
- Since when did the wind start delivering shirts to chilly children?
- He was as chilly as me, however, and the action did no good.
- When you hear a little crake noise, then you shall know that I am chilly and you shall make more fire.
- I was chilly so I slid into the sweater I had been using as a blanket.
- However, the child is chilly, wants to be covered, and is thirsty for warm drinks.
- Was it when I lit a fire in the fireplace after you said you were chilly?
- Mysti did her powerful leap from the ground and immediately I was chilly from the cool night air as the rushing wind passed me.
Synonyms cold, frozen, frozen stiff, frozen to the marrow/core/bone, freezing, freezing cold, bitterly cold, shivery, numb, numbed, chilled - 1.2 Unfriendly.
he got a chilly reception from Republican activists Example sentencesExamples - Graph Nobel has been a cause célèbre on the T-Dot scene, but she received a chilly reception from most of the overheated onlookers on this day.
- Initially his ideas received a chilly reception by the high command.
- But to Thayer's chagrin, the movie meets with a chilly reception from critics and public alike.
- You should see him wrinkle his nose in disgust if it's all chilly and unfriendly.
- He had been threatened, his wife was spat at and his family received a chilly reception in stores around town.
- Their influence is suspected in the chilly reception from corporate Canada.
- Earlier today, Bill, Powell had rather a chilly reception from the Moroccan king.
- The Japanese delegation received a chilly reception in Laos.
- A group of volunteer border guards get a chilly reception in southern California.
- The anger was no longer present, but the chilly persona still lingered.
- This view has, thus far, met with a rather chilly reception among dinofolk.
- Not surprised by the chilly reception, Rena bids Olivia a goodnight and moves away.
- Also, they give the president's State of the Union speech a rather chilly reception.
- He had given her a rather chilly reception, telling her she was too careless with the maintenance of her gun.
- Crying after Mrs. Moore's chilly reception, Adela begins to cry out Aziz's name.
- The branch entered the market in November of 1994, to a very chilly reception.
- According to a source who was there, Mr Barry received a chilly reception that day back in the Fifties.
- Barker is often perceived as a rather chilly writer, but here he laughs at the absurdity of humanity that dares to hope even as it digs its own grave with a spade.
- This little chilly brat has a knack for getting onto people's nerves.
- But New Zealand wasn't ready for a welfare state and the proposal met with a chilly reception.
Synonyms unfriendly, unsympathetic, unwelcoming, forbidding, cold, cool, frosty, glacial, frigid haughty, supercilious, disdainful, aloof, distant, remote reserved, withdrawn, uncommunicative, unresponsive, unemotional, dispassionate, passionless, wooden, impersonal, formal, stiff, austere informal stand-offish, offish rare gelid
Derivatives noun ˈtʃɪlɪnəsˈtʃɪlinəs Like many bird walkers, our leader was an older woman who dressed for the morning chilliness in a green army jacket and pink knit bonnet. Example sentencesExamples - He apologized for the recent chilliness of the apartment, but told me that his electrician had retired.
- With the chilliness of the air, the ambiguity of the wire cages and the moving shadows, something interesting is born inside the work.
- Since the Vietnam War, there has been a chilliness between the military and the press, but there was none with the Third Battalion.
- There's certainly some new wave chilliness warmed with the breath of Detroit soul, mixed with a bit of prog worship and '70s glam.
Rhymes Billie, billy, Chile, chilli (US chili), Dili, dilly, filly, frilly, ghillie, gillie, Gilly, hilly, Lillee, lily, Lyly, papillae, Philly, Piccadilly, piccalilli, silly, skilly, stilly, Tilly, willy-nilly Definition of chilly in US English: chillyadjectiveˈCHilēˈtʃɪli 1Uncomfortably cool or cold. Example sentencesExamples - MY fondest memory of Halloween occurred one chilly evening 13 or so years ago.
- Too bad those chilly San Francisco evenings demand socks and shoes.
- ON a chilly autumn evening seven years ago a young soldier died in mysterious circumstances on the training area at Catterick Garrison.
- A chilly, drizzly evening set the stage for a terrific tale of murder, mystery and mayhem, led by one Mr. Ripper's foremost authorities.
- The atmosphere in Gurazada open-air auditorium at Siripuram junction warmed up on a chilly evening with hot numbers.
- I have an immersion heater so we'll have hot water, but the radiators are stone cold and it's chilly this evening.
- That's what found him under the glare of the strobe lights one chilly Saturday evening amidst the calm environs of the Chiran Fort Club.
- The first of this year's meetings on May 8th was well attended though the evening was quite chilly after the great April spell.
- In every one the owner offered a little cup of strong black sugary tea and a chair by the stove, since outside high summer the evenings are decidedly chilly.
- This is just the thing for these chilly winter evenings and it's so simple, so delicious and so brilliant.
- The evenings are becoming chilly now, enough to remind us of how very cold it will be, come winter.
- A big, blazing fire in a massive, heat retaining rock fireplace will be just the thing for chilly evenings - or cold winter days.
- They are also ideal for supplementing existing central heating systems, not only throughout the winter months but also on chilly spring and autumn evenings.
- Although I was quite wet on the chilly evening, I continued to talk with one agent after another.
- I have an old Shetland wool cardigan jacket, knitted in a massive cable stitch, that I tend to wear on chilly evenings.
- The BT engineer should be around tomorrow morning to work on it, which is great as it's a little chilly in here this evening.
- Sultry summer evenings gave way to chilly autumn and cold winter nights.
- The moon was about a half off its regular size and the weather began chilly and unpleasant.
- He said he had loaned the woman his jumper when the air turned chilly during an evening out after the flight in August, 2001.
- On a chilly Sunday evening, amidst the picturesque Necklace Road, Hyderabadis were witness to a special event.
Synonyms cold, cool, crisp, fresh, brisk, bleak, wintry, snowy, frosty, icy, ice-cold, icy-cold, glacial, polar, arctic, raw, sharp, bitter, bitterly cold, biting, piercing, penetrating, freezing, frigid - 1.1 (of a person) feeling cold.
Example sentencesExamples - Mysti did her powerful leap from the ground and immediately I was chilly from the cool night air as the rushing wind passed me.
- His whole body hurt, and he was chilly and he wanted the bloody blanket if he cut his wrists getting it.
- When you hear a little crake noise, then you shall know that I am chilly and you shall make more fire.
- However, the child is chilly, wants to be covered, and is thirsty for warm drinks.
- I was chilly so I slid into the sweater I had been using as a blanket.
- Since when did the wind start delivering shirts to chilly children?
- Was it when I lit a fire in the fireplace after you said you were chilly?
- He was as chilly as me, however, and the action did no good.
Synonyms cold, frozen, frozen stiff, frozen to the bone, frozen to the core, frozen to the marrow, freezing, freezing cold, bitterly cold, shivery, numb, numbed, chilled - 1.2 Unfriendly.
Example sentencesExamples - He had given her a rather chilly reception, telling her she was too careless with the maintenance of her gun.
- Initially his ideas received a chilly reception by the high command.
- The anger was no longer present, but the chilly persona still lingered.
- You should see him wrinkle his nose in disgust if it's all chilly and unfriendly.
- This little chilly brat has a knack for getting onto people's nerves.
- The branch entered the market in November of 1994, to a very chilly reception.
- A group of volunteer border guards get a chilly reception in southern California.
- But to Thayer's chagrin, the movie meets with a chilly reception from critics and public alike.
- He had been threatened, his wife was spat at and his family received a chilly reception in stores around town.
- Graph Nobel has been a cause célèbre on the T-Dot scene, but she received a chilly reception from most of the overheated onlookers on this day.
- According to a source who was there, Mr Barry received a chilly reception that day back in the Fifties.
- But New Zealand wasn't ready for a welfare state and the proposal met with a chilly reception.
- This view has, thus far, met with a rather chilly reception among dinofolk.
- Barker is often perceived as a rather chilly writer, but here he laughs at the absurdity of humanity that dares to hope even as it digs its own grave with a spade.
- Also, they give the president's State of the Union speech a rather chilly reception.
- The Japanese delegation received a chilly reception in Laos.
- Earlier today, Bill, Powell had rather a chilly reception from the Moroccan king.
- Their influence is suspected in the chilly reception from corporate Canada.
- Not surprised by the chilly reception, Rena bids Olivia a goodnight and moves away.
- Crying after Mrs. Moore's chilly reception, Adela begins to cry out Aziz's name.
Synonyms unfriendly, unsympathetic, unwelcoming, forbidding, cold, cool, frosty, glacial, frigid
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