Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DEFICIENTLY
Etymology
Adverb
deficiently (comparative more deficiently, superlative most deficiently)
In a deficient manner.
Source: Wiktionary
DEFICIENT
De*fi"cient, a. Etym: [L. deficiens, -entis, p. pr. of deficere to be wanting. See Defect.]
Definition: Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment. The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety. Macaulay. Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant.
– De*fi"cient-ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOMETIME
(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”
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