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as in icy
having a low or subnormal temperature
a glacial weather front coming down from Canada will bring freezing temperatures this weekend
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as in frigid
lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
her glacial manner discouraged him from attempting further conversation
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The pace is glacial, another product of starting late.
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Washington Post, 12 July 2024
One of the park’s highlights is the 50-mile Going-to-the-Sun Road, the stretch between West Glacier and St. Mary that goes through the heart of the park and by incredible observation points, waterfalls, and glacial lakes.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2024
To move between the high passes and among the glacial lakes and verdant glades of the Sierra is to be dumbstruck by the same landscape that catalyzed U.S. conservation.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
One of the deadliest glacial lake outburst floods occurred in 1941 in the Peruvian city of Huaraz.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
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Washington Post, 12 July 2024
One of the park’s highlights is the 50-mile Going-to-the-Sun Road, the stretch between West Glacier and St. Mary that goes through the heart of the park and by incredible observation points, waterfalls, and glacial lakes.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2024
To move between the high passes and among the glacial lakes and verdant glades of the Sierra is to be dumbstruck by the same landscape that catalyzed U.S. conservation.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
One of the deadliest glacial lake outburst floods occurred in 1941 in the Peruvian city of Huaraz.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Glacial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glacial. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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