English

Adverb

glacially ‎(comparative more glacially, superlative most glacially)

1. (geology) Through glacial action. [from 19th c.]
2. In a (literally or figuratively) icy manner; icily. [from 19th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 278:

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

3. With the speed of a glacier; very slowly. [from 20th c.]