OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 19018

chilly

/ˈt͡ʃɪli/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
frío
Cold enough to cause discomfort.
Nothing like a slock of cake on a chilly evening, is there?
There was an earthy savour in the air, a chilly bareness in the place, which associated itself somehow with too much getting up by candle-light, and not too much to eat.
frío
Distant and cool; unfriendly.
Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.
She gave me a chilly look when I made the suggestion.
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