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Synonyms for glacial
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : gley-shuhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgleɪ ʃəl |
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Définition of glacial
Origin :- 1650s, "cold, icy," from French glacial, from Latin glacialis "icy, frozen, full of ice," from glacies "ice," probably from PIE root *gel- "cold" (cf. Latin gelu "frost;" see cold (adj.)). Geological sense apparently coined in 1846 by British naturalist Edward Forbes (1815-1854). Related: Glacially.
- adj extremely cold
- adj unfriendly
- Perhaps the Glacial period which followed was too cold for them.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- He rose as Roma entered, and received her with his great but glacial politeness.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- "I had no idea you were with Miss Gray, Robin," she heard the lady say in glacial accents.
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
- Even with that, his solitude was glacial, and reacted on his character.
- Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
- If the glacial period were uniformity, what was catastrophe?
- Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
- There could no longer exist any doubt as to the motion, altho it was as yet sluggish, glacial.
- Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
- It certainly was before the Pharaohs and perhaps before the glacial epoch.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- "I do not comprehend you," answered Andre in a glacial voice.
- Extract from : « Caught In The Net » by Emile Gaboriau
- The glacial men had done their work of slaughter and vanished.
- Extract from : « The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) » by John Fiske.
- I do not know how it may be with you, but my faith in the glacial migration is not at all shaken.
- Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II » by Charles Darwin
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