glacial

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made or left by a glacier:

glacial deposits

extremely cold:

glacial temperatures

a glacial period

extremely unfriendly:

She gave me a glacial stare.

extremely slow:

glacial pace The case is moving forward at a glacial pace.

The scenery rolled past at a speed that seemed positively glacial.

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An ice core dating back 740,000 years has revealed eight ice ages, or glacials, followed by shorter interglacial periods.