Meaning

3 senses
  1. Cold enough to cause discomfort.

    kalt, kühl

    прохла́дныйproxládnyj, холо́дныйxolódnyj, зя́бкийzjábkij

    прохоло́днийproxolódnyj

    appreciably or disagreeably cold

  2. Feeling uncomfortably cold.

    I’m getting rather chilly over here – could you shut the window please?

    lacking warmth of feeling

  3. (figuratively)Distant and cool; unfriendly.

    She gave me a chilly look when I made the suggestion.

    frostig

    холо́дныйxolódnyj, равноду́шныйravnodúšnyj, неприве́тливыйneprivétlivyj

Examples

95 sentences
  1. It's kind of chilly in here.

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  2. Tom may be a bit chilly.

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  3. Feeling chilly, I turned on the heater.

    ruПочувствовав холод, я включил обогреватель.

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  4. In spite of the sunny weather, the air was rather chilly.

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  5. Even though I was sitting in the sun, I still felt chilly.

    deMich fröstelte noch immer, wenngleich ich in der Sonne saß.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
cold enough to cause discomfort:
Русский
By meaning 2
cold enough to cause discomfort:
distant and cool; unfriendly:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
cold enough to cause discomfort:
distant and cool; unfriendly:

Origin

From chill + -y. Cognate with Swedish kylig (“chilly”), Norwegian kjølig (“chilly”).

From chill + -y. Cognate with Swedish kylig (“chilly”), Norwegian kjølig (“chilly”).

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Forms

chillier, chilliest
Comparativechillier Lesson
Superlativechilliest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • appreciably or disagreeably cold:parky

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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