Chilly
['tʃɪlɪ] or ['tʃɪli]
Definition
(adj.) not characterized by emotion; 'a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues'-C.W.Cunningham .
(adj.) lacking warmth of feeling; 'a chilly greeting' .
(adj.) appreciably or disagreeably cold .
Typed by Damian--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.
Typist: Vivienne
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Cool, CHILL, somewhat cold.
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Examples
- The doors of Skuytercliff were rarely and grudgingly opened to visitors, and a chilly week-end was the most ever offered to the few thus privileged. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The evening was chilly; the spot was dark and lonely. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It 'ud be a wery chilly subject as felt cold wen you stood opposite. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They continued to correspond, she in the unweighed language of unwavering affection, he in the chilly phraseology of the polished rhetorician. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The pale moonlight streamed through a shattered fanlight over the door; the air was unwholesome and chilly, like that of a vault. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was the first of June; yet the morning was overcast and chilly: rain beat fast on my casement. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We had plenty of chilly tunnels wherein to check our perspiration, though. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Maureen