The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
cretaceously (comparative more cretaceously, superlative most cretaceously)
In a chalky manner; as or like chalk.
Source: Wiktionary
Cre*ta"ceous*ly, adv.
Definition: In a chalky manner; as chalk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.