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.
COMMUNICABLY
Etymology
Adverb
communicably (comparative more communicably, superlative most communicably)
In a communicable manner.
Source: Wiktionary
COMMUNICABLE
Com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. communicable, LL. communicabilis.]
1. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.
2. Communicative; free-speaking. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
– Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n.
– Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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