In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BRUTISHLY
bestially, brutishly, in a beastly manner
(adverb) in an inhumane manner; “she treated her husband bestially”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
brutishly (comparative more brutishly, superlative most brutishly)
In a brutish manner.
Source: Wiktionary
BRUTISH
Bru"tish, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or resembling, a brute or brutes; of a cruel, gross, and stupid nature; coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent. O, let all provocation Take every brutish shape it can devise. Leigh Hunt. Man may . . . render himself brutish, but it is in vain that he would seek to take the rank and density of the brute. I. Taylor.
Syn.
– Insensible; stupid; unfeeling; savage; cruel; brutal; barbarous; inhuman; ferocious; gross; carnal; sensual; bestial.
– Bru"tish*ly, adv.
– Bru"tish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PROSODIC
(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
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