subglacial
Meanings
Adj
- Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.
- Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier; extremely slow.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
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From sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + glacial (“of or relating to glaciers; cold and icy; (figurative) very slow”).
Synonyms
crawling, creeping, dreich, gastropodous, glacial, heavy-footed, inching, inert, labored, lead-footed, leaden, lethargic, low-speed, lumbering, plodding, pokey, ponderous, slothlike, slow, slow as a snail, slow as Christmas, slow as molasses, slow as molasses in January, slowfooted, sluggish, stately, steady, subglacial, sullen, tardigrade, tedious, testudineous, torpid, unspeedy
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
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