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chilly

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chill·y  (chl)
adj. chill·i·er, chill·i·est
1. Cool or cold enough to cause shivering. See Synonyms at cold.
2. Seized with or feeling cold; shivering.
3. Distant and cool; unfriendly: a chilly look.

chilli·ly adv.
chilli·ness n.

chilly
Adjective
[-lier, -liest]
1. causing or feeling moderately cold
2. without warmth; unfriendly: a chilly reception
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chillychilly - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits
jalapeno pepper, jalapeno - hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico
cayenne, cayenne pepper - a long and often twisted hot red pepper
chili powder - powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano
Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
Adj.1.chilly - not characterized by emotion; "a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues"-C.W.Cunningham
unemotional - unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
2.chilly - appreciably or disagreeably cold
cold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"
3.chilly - lacking warmth of feeling; "a chilly greeting"
unfriendly - not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"

chilly
adjective 1. cool, fresh, sharp, crisp, penetrating, brisk, breezy, draughty, nippy, parky Brit. (informal) blowy << OPPOSITE warm
adjective 2. unfriendly, hostile, unsympathetic, frigid, unresponsive, unwelcoming, cold as ice << OPPOSITE friendly
Translations
chilly [ˈtʃɪlɪ] adjfrío
chilly [ˈtʃɪlɪ] adjfroid(e)glacé(e) (= sensitive to cold); frileux/euse;
to feel chilly → avoir froid
chilly [ˈtʃɪlɪ] chill adjkühl;
(person, response, look) → kühl, frostig;
to feel chilly chill → frösteln, frieren
chilly [ˈtʃɪlɪ] adjfreddo/a, fresco/a (= sensitive to cold); freddoloso/a;
to feel chilly → sentirsi infreddolito/a


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Bottomless vales and boundless floods, And chasms, and caves, and Titian woods, With forms that no man can discover For the dews that drip all over; Mountains toppling evermore Into seas without a shore; Seas that restlessly aspire, Surging, unto skies of fire; Lakes that endlessly outspread Their lone waters - lone and dead, - Their still waters - still and chilly With the snows of the lolling lily.
We felt very nice and snug, the more so since it was so chilly out of doors; indeed out of bed-clothes too, seeing that there was no fire in the room.
Thus she went on and on, and journeyed till she came to the world's end; then she came to the sun, but the sun looked much too hot and fiery; so she ran away quickly to the moon, but the moon was cold and chilly, and said, 'I smell flesh and blood this way
 
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