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Chilly

adjective

Not characterized by emotion.

Appreciably or disagreeably cold. Synonym: parky.

Lacking warmth of feeling.

noun

Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency. Synonyms: chile, chili, chili pepper, chilli.

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"Chilly" Quotes from Famous Books

... OUR MANNERS.—A man who is badly dressed, feels chilly, sweaty, and prickly. He stammers, and does not always tell the truth. He means to, perhaps, but he can't. He is half distracted about his pantaloons, which are much to short, and are constantly hitching up; or his frayed ...

— Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners • B.G. Jefferis

... made white spots of light in the solemn gloom; a wood-fire burned or rather smoldered, in the wide hearth, for the vast rooms were chilly even in midsummer; but neither fire-light nor candle-light could illumine the ghostly depths of the chamber. Shadows crouched like evil things in the dusky corners, and round the bed, only darker shadows among the rest, knelt the dying man's family—wife ...

— The Baronet's Bride • May Agnes Fleming

... office. You must go in—it is too chilly for you to wait in the wagon. Hold Jake, Sam, till I ...

— The Morgesons • Elizabeth Stoddard

... stormy night—murky and chilly—while at intervals the cold rain dashed down in cutting blasts. But within the magnificent mansion of Gaultier de Rumilly all was light and loveliness, as has been said. The splendid salons were already thronged, yet crowds of richly-attired ...

— Edmond Dantes • Edmund Flagg

... a successful whist night at the club; (3) the introduction of an ekka pony, with ekka attached, into a brother captain's tent on a frosty night in Peshawur, and the removal of tent, pole, cot, and captain all wrapped in chilly canvas; (4) the bath that was given to Elliot-Hacker on his own verandah—his lady-love saw it and broke off the engagement, which was what the Mess intended, she being an Eurasian—and the powdering all over of Elliot-Hacker with flour and turmeric ...

— A Diversity of Creatures • Rudyard Kipling

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