1832. S. Warren, Diary Physic., II. i. 25. I inquired, attempting a laugh—I say, attempting—for my blood trickled chillily through my veins, and my heart seemed frozen.
a. 1849. J. C. Mangan, Poems (1859), 75. Winter’s blast From the north is chillily returning.
1884. ‘C. Power’ [Grant Allen], in Gentl. Mag., Feb., 120. Bright little Miss Butterfly, I would try never to let a cold cloud pass chillily over your sunshiny head! Ibid. (1886), In all Shades, II. xxv. 193. Mr. Dupuy condescended … to ask chillily whether he was expecting friends from England.
