chilly

«chilly» in Mova's school dictionary: rather cold, cold enough to be uncomfortable — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (chilly, chillier, chilliest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Chilly means rather cold, cold enough to be uncomfortable. tree →

2) A chilly person or welcome is unfriendly and not warm. tree →

sense in the lessons

In weather and science, chilly describes a cool morning or room: put on a jumper. In stories a chilly look or chilly reply shows someone is unfriendly or annoyed. Phrases: a chilly morning, feel chilly, a chilly wind, a chilly welcome.

examples

• It's a bit chilly, so take your jacket. tree →
• The classroom was chilly before the heating came on. tree →
• A chilly wind blew across the beach. tree →
• I feel chilly; can you close the window? tree →
• The nights get chillier in autumn. tree →
• She gave him a chilly stare. tree →
• We got a chilly welcome from the grumpy shopkeeper. tree →
• A chilly little wind came creeping with them making scary noises in the grass. tree →

note

Comparison: chilly, chillier, chilliest (y becomes i). Chilly is milder than cold or freezing. Homophone trap: «chilli/chili» is a hot spicy pepper, which is the opposite of chilly! Do not mix them up.

In the corpora

• Meanwhile the others warm their chilly toes by the fire, and the Mole asks each one the names of his little brothers.
• When he opens his eyes, his own river looks grey and chilly, and his loyal heart scolds him for being a traitor.
• Colds are caused by viruses caught from other people; being chilly with wet hair doesn't create a virus.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chilly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.