An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
AFFIRMATIVELY
affirmatively
(adverb) in an affirmative manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
affirmatively (comparative more affirmatively, superlative most affirmatively)
In an affirming manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Af*firm"a*tive*ly, adv.
Definition: In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
AFFIRMATIVE
Af*firm"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. affirmativus: cf. F. affirmatif.]
1. Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
2. That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.
3. Positive; dogmatic. [Obs.] J. Taylor. Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito. Berkeley.
4. (logic)
Definition: Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
5. (Alg.)
Definition: Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
Af*firm"a*tive, n.
1. That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to Ant: negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative. Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. Dryden.
2. A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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