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.
CONVEXLY
convexly
(adverb) in a convex way; “bulging out convexly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
convexly (comparative more convexly, superlative most convexly)
In a convex manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"vex*ly, adv.
Definition: In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped.
CONVEX
Con"vex, a. Etym: [L. convexus vaulted, arched, convex, concave, fr. convehere to bring together: cf. F. convexe. See Vehicle.]
Definition: Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave. Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface. Whewell. Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.
Con"vex, n.
Definition: A convex body or surface. Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame. Tickell.
Note: This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionallyby later poets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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