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chillingly

chillingly adverb: in a chilling manner.

Adverb

chillingly (comparative more chillingly, superlative most chillingly)

  1. In a chilling manner.
    • And I'll never forget the chillingly instinctive racism. "Sure is pretty countryside. Pity it's spoiled by the niggers picknickin."2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 71
    • His warning was chillingly resonant of late 20th century clashes between two ideologically opposed superpowers.2022 January 10, Stephen Collinson, “Biden confronts challenges to democracy at home and abroad this week”, in CNN

Forms of chillingly

comparativemore chillingly
superlativemost chillingly

Origin of chillingly

From chilling + -ly.

Questions about chillingly

What does chillingly mean?
Chillingly means in a chilling manner.
What part of speech is chillingly?
Chillingly is an adverb.

Words near chillingly in the dictionary

  1. chilling effects
  2. chilling it with
  3. chilling out
  4. chilling to the bone
  5. Chillingham
  6. chillingly
  7. chillingness
  8. Chillingollah
  9. chillings
  10. chillis
  11. chillish

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