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Webster 1913 Edition

Chilly

Chill′y

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Adj.

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Chilly

CHILLY

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Adj.

Cool; moderately cold, such as to cause shivering; as a chilly day, night, or air.

Definition 2024

chilly

chilly

English

Adjective

chilly ‎(comparative chillier, superlative chilliest)

Cold enough to cause shivering; or suddenly feeling cold
I'm getting rather chilly over here - could you shut the window please?
Unfriendly or distant and cool
She gave me a chilly look when I suggested it

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:cold

Related terms

Translations

cold

Belarusian: халаднава́ты ‎(xaladnaváty)
Bulgarian: студе́н (bg) ‎(studén), мразовит (bg) ‎(mrazovit)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寒冷 (zh) ‎(hánlěng), 清涼 (zh), 清凉 (zh) ‎(qīngliáng)
Czech: sychravý (cs)
Dutch: kil (nl)
Finnish: kylmä (fi), kolea (fi), jäätävä (fi)
French: froid (fr)
German: kalt (de), kühl (de)
Greek: κρύος (el) ‎(krýos), ψυχρός (el) ‎(psychrós)
Japanese: 肌寒い ‎(はださむい, hadasamui, はだざむい, hadazamui), 寒い (ja) ‎(さむい, samui)

Korean: 쌀쌀하다 (ko) ‎(ssalssalhada)
Latin: algeo ‎(i am chilly), frigeo ‎(i am chilly)
Portuguese: frio (pt)
Russian: прохла́дный (ru) ‎(proxládnyj), холо́дный (ru) ‎(xolódnyj), зя́бкий (ru) ‎(zjábkij), холоднова́тый (ru) ‎(xolodnovátyj), промо́зглый (ru) ‎(promózglyj)
Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
Spanish: frío (es)
Swedish: kylig (sv)
Ukrainian: прохоло́дний ‎(proxolódnyj)
Vietnamese: lạnh (vi), lạnh lẽo (vi)

unfriendly

Bulgarian: студе́н (bg) ‎(studén), отблъскващ (bg) ‎(otblǎskvašt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冷淡 (zh) ‎(lěngdàn)
Dutch: koel (nl)
Finnish: jäätävä (fi)
German: frostig (de)
Greek: ψυχρός (el) ‎(psychrós), παγερός (el) ‎(pagerós)
Japanese: 冷たい (ja) ‎(つめたい, tsumetai)
Latin: hostilis (la)

Portuguese: frígido (pt), gélido (pt), frio (pt)
Russian: холо́дный (ru) ‎(xolódnyj), равноду́шный (ru) ‎(ravnodúšnyj), неприве́тливый (ru) ‎(neprivétlivyj), недружелю́бный (ru) ‎(nedruželjúbnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
Spanish: frío (es)
Swedish: kylig (sv)

References

chilly in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
chilly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913