Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ANXIOUSLY
anxiously, uneasily, apprehensively
(adverb) with anxiety or apprehension; “we watched anxiously”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
anxiously (comparative more anxiously, superlative most anxiously)
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
Source: Wiktionary
Anx"ious*ly, adv.
Definition: In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
ANXIOUS
Anx"ious, a. Etym: [L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. Anger.]
1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
2. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor. The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. Milton.
3. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. Macaulay.
Note: Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude.
Syn.
– Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PARSIMONIOUS
(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”
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