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chilly - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'chilly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Chilly [ a.]
- Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.

Meaning of 'chilly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . chilly [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lacking warmth of feeling
Example in sentence:
  • a chilly greeting
Meaning (2):
- not characterized by emotion
Example in sentence:
  • a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues