Glacially

//ˈɡleɪʃɪəli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Through glacial action.
  2. 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.’"

  3. 3
    With the speed of a glacier; very slowly.

    "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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    by a glacier wordnet

Example

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"‘Monsieur,’ Louis XV glacially remarked to Choiseul days before the dénouement, ‘I told you that I did not want war.’"

Etymology

From glacial + -ly.

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