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glacial
1. adjective /ɡleɪ.ʃ(ɪ)əl/
a) of, or relating to glaciers

Progress on judicial reform has been glacial, meeting enormous resistance.

b) Very slowly.
2. noun /ɡleɪ.ʃ(ɪ)əl/
of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers

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