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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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