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glacial
adjective
- of or like ice or glaciers
- of or produced by a glacier or a glacial epoch or period
- freezing; frigid: glacial weather
- cold and unfriendly: a glacial stare
- as slow as the movement of a glacier: glacial progress
- Chem. having an icelike, crystalline appearance
Related Forms:
- glacially adverb
See glacial in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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