glossarial UK /ɡlɒˈsɛəɹi.əl/US /ɡlɔˈsɛɹi.əl/ adjective3 •Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary.On the contrary, it is sufficiently common to be generalized so that the grammatical part of language has been accredited with a permanence which has been denied to the glossarial or vocabular. — 1857 •In the form of a glossary or gloss.For most of the works, a glossarial commentary is provided at the foot of the page; these annotations are comparable to those in many one-volume textbook editions of Shakespeare. — 2007 •Containing a glossary.