chilly
adjective
mildly cold or producing a sensation of cold; causing shivering; chill.
chilliest
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superlativeof chilly.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Friday night will also be the chilliest for quite some time with temperatures widely dropping into single digits.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The actress asked Wintour what she thought of her dress, to which Wintour put on her shades—and her chilliest tone—and said, “And the nominees are.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
The chilliest, darkest place in the unseen ocean of the soul.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025
The month ended up 1.6 degrees below the norm and was the chilliest in five years.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
As there were no theatres or concerts to go to and nothing else to do, we went to bed in the chilliest bedrooms that I had ever been in up to that time.
From On the Fringe of the Great Fight by George G. (George Gallie) Nasmith
