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Definition: (adj) - sensitive to cold; (economics) - overcautious, nervous

Mon mari est moins frileux que moi - My husband is less sensitive to cold than I am

L'économie était frileuse après les attentats - The economy was nervous after the attacks

Related: frileusement (adv) - (huddled together) against the cold; la frilosité (econ/politics) - overcautiousness, nervousness; la frilosité (literary) - high sensitivity to cold

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