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# chilly

«chilly» in Mova's school dictionary: **rather cold, cold enough to be uncomfortable** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (chilly, chillier, chilliest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Chilly means rather cold, cold enough to be uncomfortable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#m1)

2) A chilly person or welcome is unfriendly and not warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x1)
- The classroom was chilly before the heating came on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x2)
- A chilly wind blew across the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x3)
- I feel chilly; can you close the window? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x4)
- The nights get chillier in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x5)
- She gave him a chilly stare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/#x6)
- We got a chilly welcome from the grumpy shopkeeper. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Meanwhile the others warm their chilly toes by the fire, and the Mole asks each one the names of his little brothers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/44-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming/6/)
- [When he opens his eyes, his own river looks grey and chilly, and his loyal heart scolds him for being a traitor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows/3/)
- [Colds are caused by viruses caught from other people; being chilly with wet hair doesn't create a virus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/186-how-do-you-know/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chilly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.