Definitions for chilly

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chilly chill·y

Spelling: [chil-ee]

IPA: /ˈtʃɪl i/

Chilly is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in chilly (chilly).

Definitions for chilly

adverb

1. Also, chillily. in a chill manner:

adjective

1. mildly cold or producing a sensation of cold; causing shivering; chill:
2. feeling cold; sensitive to cold:
3. without warmth of feeling; cool:
4. producing or likely to produce a feeling of fear; frightening:

Origin of chilly

First recorded in 1560-70; chill + -y¹

Examples for chilly

In the past, her character has tended toward the two-dimensional: the chilly villainess.

We were herded into a chilly waiting room waiting for the Britannia to be refueled.

The rehearsals were so bad that Duquesnel and chilly were in despair.

By Alex Orlov for Life by DailyBurn Do dark, chilly days make your mood cloud over this time each year?

The short spring day was over, and the chilly night was setting in.

It was a chilly night, and the fire in the widow's parlour had burnt low.

chilly kept his word, and brought an action against me and the Comdie.

She speaks with chilly precision, “in the tone that a bored but tolerant adult might use.”

But I fear it may be chilly outside; and besides, where could I go in the middle of the night?

I gingerly walked down the center staircase and out into what was a chilly, sunny October morning.