glacially

adjective

  1. Extremely cold frigid

    "a glacial wind"

  2. Devoid of warmth and cordiality

    "a glacial handshake"

  3. Coldly imperturbable

    "maintained a glacial calm"

  4. Of a purity marked by the tendency to readily solidify in the form of ice-like crystals

    "glacial acetic acid"

  5. Of, relating to, or produced by glaciers
  6. Suggestive of the very slow movement of glaciers

    "progress on the bill has been glacial"

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