chilly has definitions from the fields of chemistry,food
1
[ adjective ] not characterized by emotion

Examples

"a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues"-C.W.Cunningham

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

The already faded pastel charms of the naive music itself vanish entirely in Fistoulari 's melodramatic contrasts between ultra vehement brute power and chilly , if suave , sentimentality .

Related terms

unemotional

2
[ adjective ] uncomfortably cool

Synonyms

chill

Examples

"a chill wind" "chilly weather"

Used in print

(Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)

She felt cold and hot , sticky and chilly at_the_same_time .

Related terms

cool

3
[ adjective ] lacking warmth of feeling

Synonyms

unfriendly

Examples

"a chilly greeting" "an unfriendly manner"

Related terms

cool

4
[ noun ] (chemistry,food) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
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