chill´ing|ly

chill´ing|ly
chill|ing «CHIHL ihng», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. very cold; frigid: »

chilling temperatures, Figurative. a chilling reception.

2. Figurative. making the blood run cold; frightening; terrifying: »

Mary [Shelley] wrote a chilling tale about a Swiss scientist who learned how to impart life to a homemade man (New York Times).

–n.
the act or fact of making rather cold.
chill´ing|ly, adverb.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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