chile vs chilly vs chili
Definitions
noun
- a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
Examples
Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his chileren feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home---feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
By the way, my husband's theory is that Mexicans put chile on everything because their tastebuds are ruined from so many years of such "picante" food that nothing tastes like anything to them without chile.
Definitions
noun
- very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
adjective
- appreciably or disagreeably cold
- not characterized by emotion
- lacking warmth of feeling
Examples
I grew chilly when the fire went out.
I had a garlic chilly mince curry, and she went for a very nice chicken dopiaza.
Suddenly, seeking high office, Liddy Dole was described as over-ambitious, chilly and nasty under the "syrupy" Southern accent.
Definitions
noun
- very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
- ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
Examples
During these conferences the alteration proposed by Briggs was agreed upon; and on his return from his second visit to Edinburgh in 1617 he accordingly published the first chiliad of his logarithms.
The best-known dressing-up dish is kimchee, vegetables pickled in sweetish but mostly hot red chili paste touched with garlic and ginger.
It's a delicate white fish that's less fishy and less oily than the kind of catfish that usually gets drowned in chili powder.
