An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CALUMNIOUSLY
slanderously, calumniously
(adverb) in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
calumniously (comparative more calumniously, superlative most calumniously)
In the manner of a falsification intended to discredit another.
Source: Wiktionary
CALUMNIOUS
Ca*lum"ni*ous, a. Etym: [L. calumniosus.]
Definition: Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak.
Syn: Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive.
Syn: -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly, adv.
– Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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