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glacially, adv.|ˈgleɪʃɪəlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
1. Geol. By means of glacial action.
1865Lyell Elem. Geol. xii. (ed. 6) 158 Boulders of far-transported rocks, glacially polished and scratched on more than one side. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life ix. 168 The present agencies may be said to be just beginning to carve a new line of features out of the old glacially-formed surface.
2. In an icy fashion, icily. lit. and fig.
1882Sala Amer. Revis. xiii. (1883) 166 The high ‘stoops’ before the houses were also glacially glassy as to surface. 1883Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Ione II. xx. 179 She asked this as calmly, almost glacially, as if she were not interested. 1889― Thro' Long Night I. i. xv. 251, ‘I was looking at your room’, returned Charlie, glacially polite.
Add:3. fig. With the slowness of a glacier.
1975U.S. News & World Rep. 3 Feb. 23/1 In an institution glacially slow to change established practices, it all adds up to the biggest shake-up since the House rebelled against a tyrannical Speaker. 1986N.Y. Times 16 Dec. c24/4 That the characters and props in the tableaux move, if only glacially, does add a dimension to a theatrical ancient device. |