glacially
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪʃɪəli/
Adverb
glacially (comparative more glacially, superlative most glacially)
- (geology) Through glacial action. [from 19th c.]
- In a (literally or figuratively) icy manner; icily. [from 19th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 278:
- ‘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 2003, p. 278:
- With the speed of a glacier; very slowly. [from 20th c.]
- 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:
- 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.
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