I. chilly ˈchilē, -li adjective
( usually -er/-est )
Etymology: chill (II) + -y
1.
a. : noticeably cold : cold enough to chill : chilling
chilly weather
a chilly drink
b. : chill 1
a chilly wind, cold, damp, and miserable
2. : unpleasantly affected by cold
in the thin coat the boy was manifestly chilly
3. : having a tendency to chill: as
a. : lacking humanly warm qualities, especially warmth of feeling
a … model of … chilly virtues — John Buchan
a female figure in marble — a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues — C.W.Cunnington
a chilly personality
a chilly laugh
b. : unfriendly
a chilly reception
c. : coldly critical
a calm and chilly mind — G.N.Shuster
4. : having a tendency to arouse fear or apprehension
a giggling, degenerate handyman … a chilly thing to watch — Wolcott Gibbs
this study of a mind for which reality has … ceased to exist is a nice chilly piece of work — New Yorker
II. chil·ly ˈchil(l)ē, -l(l)i adverb
: in a chilly manner
the whole landscape of Asia to which I had hitherto been so chilly indifferent — Edmond Taylor