different between chilling vs icily

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Adjective

chilling (comparative more chilling, superlative most chilling)

1. Becoming cold.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:

     As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.

2. Causing cold.
3. Causing mild fear.

   It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.

   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.

Translations

Verb

chilling

1. present participle of chill

Derived terms

• bone-chilling

Noun

chilling (plural chillings)

1. The act by which something is chilled.

English

Etymology

From icy +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?a?.s?.li/

Adverb

icily (comparative more icily, superlative most icily)

1. In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
2. (figuratively) In an uncaring or coolly angry manner.
   • 1943, M. F. K. Fisher, "To Feed Such Hunger", The Gastronomical Me

     […] quite often her husband and Jo did not eat at home, or sat icily silent through a meal.

Synonyms

• (in the manner of ice): coldly
• (in an uncaring manner): aloofly, coldly

Related terms

• ice
• iciness
• icy

Translations

References

• icily in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• icily in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.