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.
BROKENLY
Etymology
Adverb
brokenly (comparative more brokenly, superlative most brokenly)
In a broken manner.
(Of speech) with gaps between words so that normal flow or fluency is affected, as due to emotion; disjointedly.
Source: Wiktionary
Bro"ken*ly, adv.
Definition: In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language. The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal. Cudworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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