The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CRAZILY
insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly
(adverb) in an insane manner; “she behaved insanely”; “he behaves crazily when he is off his medication”; “the witch cackled madly”; “screaming dementedly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
crazily (comparative more crazily, superlative most crazily)
In a crazy manner.
Very, extremely.
Source: Wiktionary
Cra"zi*ly (kr*"z-l), adv.
Definition: In a crazy manner.
CRAZY
Cra"zy (kr"z), a. Etym: [From Craze.]
1. Characterized by weakness or feeblness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe. Piles of mean andcrazy houses. Macualay. One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. Addison. They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. Jeffrey.
2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. Over moist and crazy brains. Hudibras.
3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.] The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. R. B. Kimball. Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone.
– Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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