chillingly

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a way that is frightening or unsettling

Example Sentences

The movie was chillingly realistic.

Her chillingly accurate prediction came true.

The chillingly cold wind cut through my jacket.

His chillingly calm demeanor unsettled me.

The chillingly quiet room made me uneasy.

She delivered the news in a chillingly matter-of-fact tone.

The chillingly dark alley gave me chills.

His chillingly accurate recount of the crime sent shivers down my spine.

The chillingly eerie music added to the suspense of the scene.

The chillingly empty house seemed to echo with ghostly whispers.

Real-world Examples

The author is admirably and chillingly honest in the details she shares about the aftermath of Goldberg's death.

Source: Dominance Episode 1

But this fell rather chillingly upon Alice.

Source: Lonely Heart (Part 1)

But chillingly, the video was also posted on the anniversary of Maura's disappearance.

Source: Learn English with Matthew.

Of this scene, so chillingly in accordance with the past, Duncan stood for many minutes a rapt observer.

Source: The Last of the Mohicans (Chinese)

Six million Jews were killed by the Nazis, many by starvation, but many through a chillingly planned effort of extermination in death camps.

Source: World History Crash Course

Simon Russell Beale (pictured above) is a chillingly hilarious Stalin; substituting a West Country burr for the original Georgian accent, he is cunning and charming, manipulative, menacing and intellectually insecure.

Source: The Economist - Arts

More chillingly, the bullet-riddled bodies of four government opponents turned up in Santiago, all shortly after they were abducted from their homes, a brutal reminder of terror past.

Source: Listen to this 3

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