Explore Chilly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like chill or cool. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Chilly meaning
- Cold enough to cause discomfort.
- Feeling uncomfortably cold.
- Distant and cool; unfriendly.
Synonyms of Chilly
Using Chilly
- The main meaning on this page is: Cold enough to cause discomfort. | Feeling uncomfortably cold. | Distant and cool; unfriendly.
- Useful related words include: chill, cool, unemotional, unfriendly.
- In the example corpus, chilly often appears in combinations such as: the chilly, and chilly, on chilly.
Context around Chilly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chilly
- In this selection, "chilly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, getting, amid, winds, days, snow and southerly stand out and add context to how "chilly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a chilly southerly breeze and a chilly vancouver tradition. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chilly" sits close to words such as applauded, cardiovascular and courtney, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chilly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Attendees are encouraged to dress for the chilly weather. (9 words)
Clearly, it gets worse in the chilly winter months. (9 words)
A chilly Vancouver tradition is forcing some parking restrictions around English Bay. (12 words)
Although no reason for this chilly response was given, it might be due to the fact that many important New York department stores were owned or founded by Jews, including B. Altman, Bloomingdale’s, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Macy’s. (42 words)
Australians have been told to brace for a chilly few days as one state is set to record its coldest Easter weekend in 80 years while another is bracing for a tropical cyclone. (33 words)
Because of health restrictions, there were few fans in the house that night in a revered venue that the Crew had long since outgrown before that chilly night in Ohio's capital. (32 words)
Could this have been a case of revenge best served cold for the chilly reception Mr Johnson received from Nicola Sturgeon on the steps of Bute House? (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Things are getting chilly on the set of Prime Video’s as the show’s Twitter account shared a photo of ’s A-Train in a chilly, snow-filled field.
The film also has appearances by Jennifer Connelly, who is chilly and mysterious, and Mahershala Ali, who is chilly and dangerous.
A chilly southerly breeze blew in a thick voggy blanket under gray overcast skies late Wednesday afternoon in Hilo.
A chilly Vancouver tradition is forcing some parking restrictions around English Bay.
After years of booming demand from China, interest has ebbed amid chilly international relations and increased competition from universities in the United Kingdom and Canada.
Although no reason for this chilly response was given, it might be due to the fact that many important New York department stores were owned or founded by Jews, including B. Altman, Bloomingdale’s, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Macy’s.
And whilst we have the incoming spring and summer to look forward to, six months from now the mornings will be getting chilly again, the nights will be drawing in.
A series of cold fronts are expected to sweep from Australia from the west to the east, bringing rain and chilly temperatures across multiple states.
As for Sunday, things will start drying out — but it will be breezy and chilly — with real-feel temperatures colder than the expected high of 55 degrees.
As it begins to warm up in Evanston and naked trees begin to bloom, let’s reminisce on the colors of autumn and the chilly days of winter.
A total of 18 Harriers braved the chilly but glorious conditions for the events on Saturday with some great top 10 finishes.
Attendees are encouraged to dress for the chilly weather.
Australians have been told to brace for a chilly few days as one state is set to record its coldest Easter weekend in 80 years while another is bracing for a tropical cyclone.
A weak Level 1 system across Bay Area with breezy winds, chilly air and scattered showers.
Because of health restrictions, there were few fans in the house that night in a revered venue that the Crew had long since outgrown before that chilly night in Ohio's capital.
But despite many of us putting the heating on, it can still feel chilly at home.
Chilly days and nights call for cotton blend joggers, which shoppers describe as 'very warm, fairly thick, extremely comfortable, with a soft, fluffy lining'.
Clearly, it gets worse in the chilly winter months.
Could this have been a case of revenge best served cold for the chilly reception Mr Johnson received from Nicola Sturgeon on the steps of Bute House?
Even on a chilly day, if you’re wrapped up warm under the blankets, it can be amazing just to sit and listen to the sea.
Common combinations with chilly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the chilly 34×
- and chilly 18×
- on chilly 14×
- chilly weather 12×
- chilly start 9×
- be chilly 9×
- chilly winter 8×
- chilly and 7×
- chilly day 7×
- chilly days 6×