chilly
/ˈt͡ʃɪli/ adjectif C1En français : froid
- Cold enough to cause discomfort.
- Feeling uncomfortably cold. · I’m getting rather chilly over here – could you shut the window please?
- Distant and cool; unfriendly. · She gave me a chilly look when I made the suggestion.
Comparatif chillier · Superlatif chilliest
Dans la bibliothèque
When she crossed the log bridge over the brook the kitchen light of Green Gables winked her a friendly welcome back, and through the open door shone the hearth fire, sending out its warm red glow athwart the chilly autumn night.
She learned her lessons at home, did her chores, and played with Diana in the chilly purple autumn twilights; but when she met Gilbert Blythe on the road or encountered him in Sunday-school she passed him by with an icy contempt that was no whit thawed by his evident desire to appease her.
SPRING had come once more to Green Gables--the beautiful capricious, reluctant Canadian spring, lingering along through April and May in a succession of sweet, fresh, chilly days, with pink sunsets and miracles of resurrection and growth.
In his chilly bedroom Chandler laid away his evening clothes for a sixty-nine days’ rest.
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