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chilly

[chil-ee] Origin

chill·y

[chil-ee] adjective, chill·i·er, chill·i·est, adverb
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.

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Chilly is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
1560–70; chill + -y1

chill·i·ness, noun

Chile, chili, chilly.


1. See cold.

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chilly (ˈtʃɪlɪ)
 
adj , -lier, -liest
1.  causing or feeling cool or moderately cold
2.  without warmth; unfriendly
3.  (of people) sensitive to cold
 
'chilliness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

chilly
1570, "causing a sensation of cold," from chill (q.v.). Meaning "feeling rather cold" is attested from 1611; fig. use is recorded by 1841.
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Slang Dictionary

chill definition


  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.
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