dictionary definitions for "chilly"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  chilly
      adj 1: uncomfortably cool; "a chill wind"; "chilly weather" [syn:
             chill]
      2: not characterized by emotion; "a female form in marble--a
         chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract
         virtues"-C.W.Cunningham
      3: lacking warmth of feeling; "a chilly greeting"; "an
         unfriendly manner" [syn: unfriendly]
      n : very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
          [syn: chili, chili pepper, chilli, chile]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chilly \Chill"y\, a.
     Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause
     shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of
     cold, or a shivering.
     [1913 Webster]


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