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US
/ˈtʃɪɫi/
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[ UK /tʃˈɪli/ ]
[ UK /tʃˈɪli/ ]
NOUN
- very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
ADJECTIVE
- appreciably or disagreeably cold
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not characterized by emotion
a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues -
lacking warmth of feeling
a chilly greeting
How To Use chilly In A Sentence
- 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. Caryl Rivers: Bad, Mad Michelle
- BERLIN—On a chilly October evening in her austere chancellery, Angela Merkel placed a confidential call to Rome to help save the euro. Deepening Crisis Over Euro Pits Leader Against Leader
- But when it gets chilly, the island's a fantastic place to stock up on hand-knit Aran sweaters.
- 'This house will do whatever is incumbent upon it in good conscience,' said the abbot with chilly emphasis, and watched with an unrevealing face as Drogo Bosiet, with only the curtest of nods by way of leavetaking, turned on his booted heel and strode out of the chapterhouse. The Hermit of Eyton Forest
- So in the end, she decided to make beef carbonade, the perfect thing for a chilly winter night, and the red meat less likely to upset the bird lady than a murdered chicken might. Fascination
- The chilly wind whipped strands of dark hair across her face, and the dewy smell of wet grass filled her senses.
- It's a bit chilly and empty hereabouts.
- At present the day was drizzling and chilly, while the huge volumes of smoke from a whole forest of factory chimneys tended to impart a deeper shade of dismalness to the dispiriting landscape.