CHILLY


Meaning of CHILLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃɪli ]

( chillier, chilliest)

1.

Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold.

It was a chilly afternoon...

The rooms had grown chilly.

ADJ : oft it v-link ADJ

2.

If you feel chilly , you feel rather cold.

I’m a bit chilly.

ADJ : v-link ADJ

3.

You say that relations between people are chilly or that a person’s response is chilly when they are not friendly, welcoming, or enthusiastic.

I was slightly afraid of their chilly distant politeness.

ADJ

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