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chillies

chillies is the plural of chilli.

chillies is the plural of chilly.

Meaning of chilly

Adjective

chilly (comparative chillier, superlative chilliest)

  1. Cold enough to cause discomfort.
    • […] The Aſparagus grew; but in three or four Years complained, by coming up ſmall; occaſioned by the chilly Effluvia, that proceeded from the Water lodg'd at the bottom of the Pit; […][1733], William Ellis, “The Nature and Improvement of Rye”, in Chiltern and Vale Farming Explained, […], London: Printed for the author […] [a]nd sold by W. Meadows, […]; H. Walthoe, […]; J. Parker...
  2. Feeling uncomfortably cold.
    • I’m getting rather chilly over here – could you shut the window please?
  3. (figuratively) Distant and cool; unfriendly.
    • She gave me a chilly look when I made the suggestion.

Questions about chillies

What is chillies the plural of?
Chillies is the plural of chilli.

Words near chillies in the dictionary

  1. chilli padi
  2. chilli pepper
  3. chilli peppers
  4. Chillicothe
  5. chillier
  6. chillies
  7. chilliest
  8. chillified
  9. chillily
  10. chillin
  11. chillin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chillies (page history and authors); chilly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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