chillychill‧y /ˈtʃɪli/ ●●○ adjective 
a chilly November morningchilly wind/breeze/air etc Getting chilly, isn’t it? The bathroom’s a bit chilly.► see thesaurus at cold2if you feel chilly, you feel uncomfortably cold3unfriendly SYN frosty: The speech met with a chilly reception.—chilliness noun [singular, uncountable]
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a chilly morning in April
- A fire was needed against the chilly New England evenings.
- Despite the chilly autumn afternoon, she was wearing a thin cotton dress.
- His blue eyes had a chilly glint.
- It's chilly in the house, even when it's sunny outside.
- It's a little chilly out here - I think we'll go inside.
- It was getting chilly outside, so we went back into the house.
- Temperatures were in the 80s on Tuesday, but it turned chilly Wednesday afternoon.
- They have to get washed and dressed in a chilly bathroom.
- After a while, he let his head sink on his arms, deep among the chilly, metal-chased velvets.
- And something else: something chilly, something that warned.
- I arrived at Victoria Station in early November in misty chilly weather of early night.
- It was chilly the next night, and the night after that.
- On the chilly winter afternoon when I was at Casa Dono di Maria, the doorbell rang.
- She had set a match to it during the afternoon, so the room was no longer chilly.
- The telegram came on a gray, chilly April day.
- Those who remained were chilly, nervous, and unsure of what the police would do.
THESAURUSweather
used especially when you feel uncomfortable: · It gets very cold here in the winter.
a little cold, often in a way that feels comfortable: · It’s very hot in the day, but cooler at night.· a nice cool breeze
a little cold, but not very cold, in a way that feels rather uncomfortable: · a chilly autumn day· It’s a bit chilly.
spoken very cold and very uncomfortable: · It’s freezing outside.
very cold and very uncomfortable: · It can be bitterly cold in the mountains.
very cold, especially when the temperature is below zero: · The wind was icy cold.
cold, dry, and clear, in a way that seems pleasant: · I love these crisp autumn mornings.
in frosty weather, the ground is covered in a frozen white powder: · It was a bright frosty morning.
extremely cold and unpleasant, with snow and ice: · He would not survive for long in the arctic conditions.· arctic weather
Longman Language Activatorplace/room · I love being in a warm bed in a cold room.· He waited an hour for the train on a cold platform.it's cold · Why is it always so cold in here?
cold in a pleasant way, especially when the weather is hot: · Medicine should always be stored in a cool place.it's cool: · It's much cooler over here in the shade.
a little too cold for you to feel comfortable: · They have to get washed and dressed in a chilly bathroom.it's chilly: · It's chilly in the house, even when it's sunny outside.
British /drafty American a room that is draughty has cold air blowing into it from outside: · The two women live in a drafty old farmhouse.it's draughty/drafty: · It's so draughty in here. Is there a window open?
extremely cold, so that you feel very uncomfortable: · The little children sat in rows in the freezing classroom.it's freezing: · It's absolutely freezing in the basement.
cold weather · This is the coldest winter we've had in years.· a cold January eveningit's cold (=the weather is cold) · Put your gloves on - it's cold outside today.it gets cold · It gets really cold here at night.cold weather · The layer of fat below a goose's skin protects it from cold weather.
cold weather - use this to emphasize how unpleasant and uncomfortable it is outside: · Come in. Don't stand out there in the cold.
cold, but not extremely cold: · a chilly morning in Aprilit's chilly (=the weather is chilly): · It's a little chilly out here - I think we'll go inside.it gets/turns chilly: · Temperatures were in the 80s on Tuesday, but it turned chilly Wednesday afternoon.
informal a little cold: · The weather's getting warmer, but the mornings are still nippy.it's nippy (=the weather is nippy): · I'm going indoors. It's a little nippy out here.
very cold, when everything is covered in a thin white layer of ice, and the sky is often bright and clear: · They were both shivering slightly from the frosty air.· It was a frosty autumn morning with spiders' webs glistening in the frozen grass.
cold with snow or rain, and typical of the weather you often have in winter: · We can expect a few wintry showers on the northern hills.· Outside it was a cold wintry day, but Anne felt safe and warm inside by the fire.
a period of several days or weeks when the weather is much colder than usual: · Last month's cold spell was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of old people.· The price of firewood usually shoots up during cold spells.
a sudden short period of very cold weather: · It was a wintry day in April in the middle of an unexpected cold snap.
cold weather · I'd hate to live somewhere where it's always cold.· The car is difficult to start, especially on cold winter mornings.· It's so cold. I wish I was back home in Morocco.
pleasantly cold, especially compared to the heat of the sun: · It gets much cooler in the evenings.· We stopped at a cool, grassy area, under the shade of the trees.
a little cold, in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable: · It was getting chilly outside, so we went back into the house.· Despite the chilly autumn afternoon, she was wearing a thin cotton dress.
especially spoken extremely cold: · Supporters queued for tickets all night in freezing conditions.it is freezing: · Can't we go inside? It's freezing out here.freezing cold: · a freezing cold day in January
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a chilly November morning The speech met with a chilly reception.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1chilly weather or places are cold enough to make you feel uncomfortablechilly day/night/evening etc a chilly November morning The speech met with a chilly reception. (=not friendly or approving)· His idea got a cool reception from his colleagues.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· It dipped and fluttered in the chilly air, its wings drab and flaky.· Its breath created rhythmic puffs of steam in the chilly air.· It had very little warmth but the chilly air was helping to clear my head.· Shivering in the chilly air, she groped across to the light switch.· He seemed to me huge and shaggy, with his breath hanging about his face in the chilly air.· At once Maxwell was up, yawning, stretching his tall, untanned body in the chilly air.
· Hot pasties and hot drinks are served below deck at the bar, a comfort on chilly days.· It was a foggy, chilly day, without sunshine so the sea was murky and opaque.· Little mascots spread the luck around and warm the crowd on a chilly day.· I stayed comfortable even on very breezy, chilly days.
· One chilly evening at a crossroads gas station I offered a ride to a young woman who had missed her bus.
· It was a clear but rather chilly night.· For all I know there may have been cool showers, unusual chilly nights and days.· The camp offers almost no protection against the scorching sun and chilly nights.· Residents stood shivering in the chilly night air as Red Cross officials scrambled to find them lodging after they fled their homes.· Blue magnesium flares went spiralling up into the chilly night.· Max 16C 61F. 19,22,23,24,26,27,28: Fine but chilly night with local ground frost.
· Academics whose research found ill effects of divorce on kids faced chilly receptions.
· The chilly wind of February brought the annual self-denial appeal.
a chilly November morningchilly wind/breeze/air etc Getting chilly, isn’t it? The bathroom’s a bit chilly.► see thesaurus at cold2if you feel chilly, you feel uncomfortably cold3unfriendly SYN frosty: The speech met with a chilly reception.—chilliness noun [singular, uncountable]