It's getting chillier and chillier.

No, cold is colder than chilly.

No. Chilly is very cold, enough to chill the water.

[EDIT]I see that MM disagrees, and he may be right ...

Marius HancuNo. Chilly is very cold, enough to chill the water.

[EDIT]I see that MM disagrees, and he may be right ...

Thanks, MrM and Marius.

Now I'm confused. How could your interpretations be worlds apart?

Well, let's take a look at the on-line dictionaries. I glean these from various sources:

CHILLY--

- mildly cold or producing a sensation of cold; causing shivering; chill: a chilly breeze.
- Cool or cold enough to cause shivering.
- Cold, chill, chilly, cool refer to various degrees of absence of heat. Cold refers to temperature possibly so low as to cause suffering:

I made some searches and I feel that MM has the answer which is accepted by most. E.g. see this scale:

Really Cold -40 C -40 F
Cold -20 C -4 F
Freezing 0 C 32 F
Chilly 10 C 50 F
Nice 20 C 68 F
Warm 30 C 86 F
Body Temperature 37 C 98.6 F
Hot 40 C 104 F
Boiling 100 C 212 F

What a nice pat scale, Marius-- don't you wish all of life were as straightforward as that?

Mister MicawberWhat a nice pat scale, Marius-- don't you wish all of life were as straightforward as that?

Good point

Thanks, Mr.P and Marius.

Got it.