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chilly

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It's a nice beach for walks, but the water is pretty chilly, year round.

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Quick take

Cold enough to cause discomfort.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of chilly gathered in one view.

adjective

Cold enough to cause discomfort.

adjective

Feeling uncomfortably cold.

noun

Alternative spelling of chili. [(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chilly.

noun

Alternative spelling of chili. [(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.]

See also: cool, unemotional, chill, unfriendly, chile

Example sentences

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It's a nice beach for walks, but the water is pretty chilly, year round.

2

Mind you, they close the airports any time somebody brings in a water bottle or if it's slightly chilly.

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Also bear in mind a lot of the (populated, chilly) northeastern US's average housing stock is older than many other places.

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It can be a little chilly, but nowhere near as cold as North Dakota!

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I dunno, 59 degrees seems quite chilly if you've just been stripped naked and soaked with ice cold water.

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This week I was at a weather conference in Chicago....it was quite chilly there at times.

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When I first visited this past March, it was chilly and overcast in the late afternoon.

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Even Tiger Woods, who is famous for being chilly in public, isn't known to be a big ahole despite whatever his personal life failings are/were.

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It does get chilly in the winter, but we use firewood to heat the house.

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Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and met with a generally chilly response...

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You can see this yourself - go out on a chilly day in shorts / t-shirt, wrap up in a mylar blanket, and you will be cold.

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This time of year, it's not uncommon for me to ride to the bus on chilly mornings and soak it up with a 14-15 mile homeward ride.

Quote examples

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Mengele's cold exposure experiments being "a little chilly"?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use chilly in a sentence?

It's a nice beach for walks, but the water is pretty chilly, year round.

What does chilly mean?

Cold enough to cause discomfort.

What part of speech is chilly?

chilly is commonly used as adjective, noun.