There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
BUTCHERLY
gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly
(adjective) accompanied by bloodshed; “this bitter and sanguinary war”
botchy, butcherly, unskillful
(adjective) poorly done; “a botchy piece of work”; “it was an unskillful attempt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
butcherly (comparative more butcherly, superlative most butcherly)
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
Adverb
butcherly (comparative more butcherly, superlative most butcherly)
(obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
Source: Wiktionary
Butch"er*ly, a.
Definition: Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." D. Webster. What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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