Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BOOKISHLY
Etymology
Adverb
bookishly (comparative more bookishly, superlative most bookishly)
In a bookish manner.
She is intelligent, and bookishly erudite.
Source: Wiktionary
BOOKISH
Book"ish, a.
1. Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books. "A bookish man." Addison. "Bookish skill." Bp. Hall.
2. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.
– Book"ish*ly, adv.
– Book"ish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPIRITEDLY
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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