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Definition of Glacially
1. Adverb. By a glacier. "Glacially deposited material"
Definition of Glacially
1. Adverb. (geology) Through glacial action. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
2. Adverb. In a (literally or figuratively) icy manner; icily. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
3. Adverb. With the speed of a glacier; very slowly. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glacially
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glacially
Literary usage of Glacially
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Bureau of Mines by Bureau of Mines, Ontario Bureau of Mines, Ontario (1905)
"Bouldery moraines and glacially dammed ponds are found just east of Sand Cherry
creek in the north part of Morgan township, and sharp ridges of boulders run ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"... containing glacially striated boulders, overlying glacially striated Barberton
beds at the foot of ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1883)
"At Skelmorlie, on the Frith of Clyde, «ta height of ahout loO or 200 feet above
the sea, he has found glacially striated surfaces, on red sandstone ..."
4. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"1 Dr. Wallace, in the article already cited, has pointed out certain criteria by
which we may distinguish lakes which occupy glacially eroded basins from ..."
5. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1893)
"... opposite Norristown, Pa., fifty miles south of the moraine, "the southernmost
point at which glacially striated material has been seen. ..."
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