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.
ASSUREDLY
assuredly
(adverb) without a doubt; “the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
assuredly (comparative more assuredly, superlative most assuredly)
In an assured manner; certainly.
Source: Wiktionary
As*sur"ed*ly, adv.
Definition: Certainly; indubitably. "The siege assuredly I'll raise." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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