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CHILLY

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chill⋅y

  [chil-ee] adjective, chill⋅i⋅er, chill⋅i⋅est, adverb
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–adjective
1. mildly cold or producing a sensation of cold; causing shivering; chill: a chilly breeze.
2. feeling cold; sensitive to cold: Her hands were chilly.
3. without warmth of feeling; cool: a chilly reply.
4. producing or likely to produce a feeling of fear; frightening: He told a chilly story of ghosts and murder.
–adverb
5. Also, chill⋅i⋅ly. in a chill manner: The wind blew chilly.
Origin:
1560–70; chill + -y 1

Related forms:
chill⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See cold.
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chill·y   (chĭl'ē)   
adj.   chill·i·er, chill·i·est

  1. Cool or cold enough to cause shivering. See Synonyms at cold.

  2. Seized with or feeling cold; shivering.

  3. Distant and cool; unfriendly: a chilly look.

chill'i·ly adv., chill'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
chill

  1. n.
    and chilly. a cold can of beer. : Hey, toss me a chill, would ya, buddy? , How 'bout a chilly, Billy?
  2. tv.
    to kill someone. (Underworld.) : I'll chill you with one blast from my cannon, you creep!
  3. tv.
    to frighten someone. (Standard English.) : The prospect of having to go in there alone chilled Willy, but he went in anyway.
  4. tv.
    to reject someone. : She chilled me once too often. I won't take that from a dame.

  5. Go to chill (out). :
  6. tv. & in.
    to relax; to cause someone to relax; to hang out [with someone]. (See also chill (out).) : They are chilling now. For a while they were real rowdy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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