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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
Ambrose Bierce

Meaning of "chilly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHILLY

chilly  [ˈtʃɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHILLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chilly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CHILLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chilly in the English dictionary

The first definition of chilly in the dictionary is causing or feeling cool or moderately cold. Other definition of chilly is without warmth; unfriendly. Chilly is also sensitive to cold.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHILLY


bitchily
ˈbɪtʃɪlɪ
blotchily
ˈblɒtʃɪlɪ
botchily
ˈbɒtʃɪlɪ
bunchily
ˈbʌntʃɪlɪ
chile
ˈtʃɪlɪ
chili
ˈtʃɪlɪ
chilli
ˈtʃɪlɪ
grouchily
ˈɡraʊtʃɪlɪ
hitchily
ˈhɪtʃɪlɪ
patchily
ˈpætʃɪlɪ
peachily
ˈpiːtʃɪlɪ
preachily
ˈpriːtʃɪlɪ
punchily
ˈpʌntʃɪlɪ
raunchily
ˈrɔːntʃɪlɪ
scratchily
ˈskrætʃɪlɪ
sketchily
ˈskɛtʃɪlɪ
snatchily
ˈsnætʃɪlɪ
starchily
ˈstɑːtʃɪlɪ
touchily
ˈtʌtʃɪlɪ
twitchily
ˈtwɪtʃɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHILLY

chillada
chillax
chilled
chilled out
chiller
chiller cabinet
chilli
chilli con carne
chilli powder
chilli sauce
chillier
chilliest
chillily
chilliness
chilling
chillingly
chillness
Chillon
chillum
chilly bin

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHILLY

Bareilly
billy
Caerphilly
Chantilly
dilly
filly
frilly
gilly
hillbilly
hilly
Piccadilly
psychobilly
rockabilly
shrilly
silly
Tilly
tranquilly
twilly
whilly
willy

Synonyms and antonyms of chilly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CHILLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «chilly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of chilly

Translation of «chilly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHILLY

Find out the translation of chilly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chilly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chilly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寒冷的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frío
570 millions of speakers

English

chilly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिर्च
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بَارِد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

холодный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

frio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠাণ্ডাভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

froid
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sejuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kühl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

寒い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쌀쌀한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chilly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lạnh lẽo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிளகாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिरची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

soğuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fresco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chłodny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

холодний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

friguros
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρύος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koue
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kylig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjølig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chilly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHILLY»

The term «chilly» is very widely used and occupies the 22.013 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHILLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chilly

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10 QUOTES WITH «CHILLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chilly.
1
Ambrose Bierce
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
2
Samantha Bond
Filming is quite exciting because every day is different, but it can involve long hours standing around in chilly locations. Theatre is a very different challenge because every night you're striving to keep it fresh, even though you might have been performing the same play for months.
3
Graham Joyce
'Plutocracy.' It has a perfect nuance: chilly, inaccessible, icy-rich.
4
Nathaniel Kahn
As a child, my father's architecture seemed to me to be industrial in a way. It seemed harsh and kind of chilly; I didn't respond to it.
5
George F. Kennan
The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.
6
Rob Machado
You'd be surprised how cold you get in the water, especially surfing a place like Pipeline. If the tradewinds are blowing, it gets chilly and sometimes you don't catch a wave for an hour.
7
Richard K. Morgan
Science casts a long black shadow back over who we think we are, and where it falls the temperature falls with it. Its touch is chilly and unforgiving.
8
Andrew Motion
I've always thought that the balance between the side of my mind that knows what it is doing and the side that really hasn't got a clue has to be carefully maintained because if you write too knowingly then you get chilly, and if you write too unknowingly you write bollocks that nobody else can understand.
9
Anna Neagle
What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks' rain; where the sun is never far away, and the flowers bloom all year long?
10
Kathleen Quinlan
The heavy spacesuits are spectacular to look at but very hot. Putting one on was like going from chilly London winter weather to the Bahamas in just minutes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHILLY»

Discover the use of chilly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chilly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dora's Chilly Day
Dora and Boots try to find some chocolate for Abuela so that she can make her chilly day surprise.
Kiki Thorpe, 2006
2
Chilly Scenes of Winter
This is the story of a love-smitten Charles; his friend Sam, the Phi Beta Kappa and former coat salesman; and Charles' mother, who spends a lot of time in the bathtub feeling depressed. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Ann Beattie, 2011
3
Chilly Billy: The Evolution of a Circus Millionaire
"Chilly Billy" was the nickname of circus mogul William Washington Cole, the chief rival of P. T. Barnum.
William L. Slout, 2009
4
Doc McStuffins Chilly Catches a Cold
One snowy morning, Doc and the toys venture outside for some winter fun.
Disney Book Group, Sheila Sweeny Higginson, 2013
5
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night
Over fifty years after he won a Caldecott Honor for The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night, legendary illustrator Peter Spier has gone back to this fan favorite to paint the half of the book that was originally printed in black and white.
Peter Spier, Duncan Searl, 2014
6
Breaking Anonymity: The Chilly Climate for Women Faculty
Collected in this volume are a number of reports and commentaries on “climate issues” as they affect women faculty in Canadian universities.
Chilly Collective, 1995
7
The Chilly Mammoth
A wild ride in a hot-air balloon lands Echo and his human friends, the Bat Pack, in the mountains where they discover a real, live woolly mammoth--and the poachers who are hunting it.
Roberto Pavanello, 2013
8
Climate Change: Who's Carrying the Burden? : the Chilly ...
This call demands control of local resources, the restitution of past wrongs, and the willingness to conceive and accept different modes of living and seeing."--Back cover.
L. Anders Sandberg, Tor Sandberg, 2010
9
Chilly Milly Moo
Milly Moo wants only one thing - to churn out the finest, loveliest, tastiest, creamiest milk.
Fiona Ross, 2012
10
This Pickle Is Dilly, Cool and Chilly!
Teaches synonyms by using several words with similar meanings to describe different food items.
Tracy Kompelien, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHILLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chilly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Summer has been chilly so far; what's next?
The Fourth of July weekend was made-to-order beautiful, with sunshine and soft breezes. Don't get used to it. The same weather pattern that ... «Lansing State Journal, Jul 15»
2
Meter hike plan gets chilly reception
Consensus emerged on the Petoskey City Council Monday against a proposed downtown parking meter rate hike, with members also agreeing ... «Petoskey News-Review, Jul 15»
3
Chicago Weather: Chilly days leave some feeling cheated out of …
With temperatures in the 60s - about 16 degrees below normal - it's starting to feel like we're being cheated out of summer. Embed. «WLS-TV, Jul 15»
4
Another chilly day for Auckland
Aucklanders will shiver through another chilly day as a cold blast envelops New Zealand, continuing to drop snow on the deep south. «The Aucklander, Jul 15»
5
Chilly Treats for Every Summer Occasion
MISSION, Kan., July 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- (Family Features) After splashing in the pool, rooting on your favorite team or playing in the backyard, nothing ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
6
Chilly weather turned a routine nitrogen gas release into a visual …
Cold weather during a routine nitrogen gas release had some thinking there was a bit of hocus pocus happening at the ANU Sciences Building ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
Greek 'No' Vote Finds Chilly Reception In Europe
BRUSSELS/BERLIN, July 5 (Reuters) - France and Germany called for an emergency summit of euro zone leaders to discuss Greece's ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Cold, hard facts about your chilly summer office
It's summertime. The season when you can write your name in the condensation on the windows at Starbucks, people pull on parkas to go to ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
9
Chilly weather causes disruptions in the south
Chilly weather causes disruptions in the south. GEORGIA WEAVER. Last updated 13:17, July 6 2015. Kevin Woolhouse prepares to feed sileage to his cattle on ... «The Southland Times, Jul 15»
10
Desert Special: Chilly tastes, indeed!
Sapna Sarfare lets you make the chilly weather something to think about with ice creams & sorbets. Yes, it's raining cats, dogs, cows and whole ... «Free press journal, Jul 15»

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