Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
ARBITRARILY
randomly, indiscriminately, haphazardly, willy-nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which way
(adverb) in a random manner; “the houses were randomly scattered”; “bullets were fired into the crowd at random”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
arbitrarily (comparative more arbitrarily, superlative most arbitrarily)
In an arbitrary manner.
To an arbitrary degree.
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"bi*tra*ri*ly, adv.
Definition: In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely.
ARBITRARY
Ar"bi*tra*ry, a. Etym: [L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F. arbitraire. See Arbiter.]
1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. Jer. Taylor. Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things. Landor.
2. Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. Washington.
3. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. Dryden. Arbitrary constant, Arbitrary function (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements.
– Arbitrary quantity (Math.), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HISTOLOGICALLY
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
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