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glacially en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡleɪʃɪəli/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English glacial Middle English -ly English -ly English glacially From glacial + -ly.

Meanings

1. Through glacial action.
2. In a (literally or figuratively) icy manner; icily.
   • ‘Monsieur,’ Louis XV glacially remarked to Choiseul days before the dénouement, ‘I told you that I did not want war.’ 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 278:
3. With the speed of a glacier; very slowly.
   • The daunting problem is that the incidence of tuberculosis has declined only glacially (at a rate of 1.0 to 1.5% per year) and in some places may be increasing. 2018 January 18, Barry R. Bloom, “A neglected epidemic”, in the New England Journal of Medicine, pages 291–3:
   • Played acoustically, glacially paced and sung in Kristofferson’s parched, age-weathered voice, even his more lighthearted songs – Jesus Was a Capricorn, Best Of All Possible Worlds – were leant an eerie gravitas, while Me and Bobby McGee and Sunday Morning Coming Down sounded heartbreakingly careworn and poignant. 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:

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