[syn: chilly, parky]
3. lacking warmth of feeling;
- Example: "a chilly greeting"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chilly \Chill"y\, a.
Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause
shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of
cold, or a shivering.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chilly
adj 1: not characterized by emotion; "a female form in marble--a
chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract
virtues"-C.W.Cunningham
2: appreciably or disagreeably cold [syn: chilly, parky]
3: lacking warmth of feeling; "a chilly greeting"
n 1: very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
[syn: chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly, chile]