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# chilly

adjective (chilly, chillier, chilliest)

«chilly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Chilly means rather cold, cold enough to be uncomfortable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#m1)
2. A chilly person or welcome is unfriendly and not warm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#m2)

### In the lessons

In weather and science, chilly describes a cool morning or room: put on a jumper. In stories a chilly look or chilly reply shows someone is unfriendly or annoyed. Phrases: a chilly morning, feel chilly, a chilly wind, a chilly welcome.

### Examples

- It's a bit chilly, so take your jacket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x1)
- The classroom was chilly before the heating came on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x2)
- A chilly wind blew across the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x3)
- I feel chilly; can you close the window? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x4)
- The nights get chillier in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x5)
- She gave him a chilly stare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x6)
- We got a chilly welcome from the grumpy shopkeeper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x7)
- A chilly little wind came creeping with them making scary noises in the grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x8)

### Note

Comparison: chilly, chillier, chilliest (y becomes i). Chilly is milder than cold or freezing. Homophone trap: «chilli/chili» is a hot spicy pepper, which is the opposite of chilly! Do not mix them up.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chilly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chilly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chilly.html) on Mova free.