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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

... cold," squeaked the professor, as he peeled off his coat, and allowed her to take it away with his hat. "It is a chilly night. You ...

— Frank Merriwell's Chums • Burt L. Standish

... Cavalier, was a pleasure-loving young woman, and after a brief experience of Puritan discipline she wearied of it and went home. She has been amply criticized for her desertion, but Milton's house must have been rather chilly for any ordinary human being to find comfort in. To him woman seemed to have been made for obedience, and man for rebellion; his toplofty doctrine of masculine superiority found expression in a line regarding Adam and Eve, "He for God only, she for ...

— Outlines of English and American Literature • William J. Long

... feel of the water, hey? Guess you won't find it very chilly. As a preparatory tonic I'd recommend strawberries and cream. Nellie, get Ros a saucer of those genuine home-raised berries, ...

— The Rise of Roscoe Paine • Joseph C. Lincoln

... do not live in the magnificent villa Vilquin; there is not in my veins, thank God, the ten-millionth of a drop of that chilly blood which flows behind a counter. I come on one side from Germany, on the other from the south of France; my mind has a Teutonic love of reverie, my blood the vivacity of Provence. I am noble on my father's and on my mother's side. On ...

— Modeste Mignon • Honore de Balzac

... mistake, the youth turned back and walked toward the fire. Then he set his gun against a tree and built up the blaze a bit, for the night was chilly. He was just about to leave the fire and crawl back in the tent ...

— Young Hunters of the Lake • Ralph Bonehill

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