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.
DEFINITELY
decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, in spades, by all odds
(adverb) without question and beyond doubt; “it was decidedly too expensive”; “she told him off in spades”; “by all odds they should win”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
definitely (comparative more definitely, superlative most definitely)
Without question and beyond doubt.
In a definite manner; decisively.
Source: Wiktionary
Def"i*nite*ly, adv.
Definition: In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
DEFINITE
Def"i*nite, a. Etym: [L. definitis, p. p. of definire: cf. F. défini. See Define.]
1. Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell.
2. Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.
3. Determined; resolved. [Obs.] Shak.
4. Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article. Definite article (Gram.), the article the, which is used to designate a particular person or thing, or a particular class of persons or things; -- also called a definitive. See Definitive, n.
– Definite inflorescence. (Bot.) See Determinate inflorescence, under Determinate.
– Law of definite proportions (Chem.), the essential law of chemical combination that every definite compound always contains the same elements in the same proportions by weight; and, if two or more elements form more than one compound with each other, the relative proportions of each are fixed. Compare Law of multiple proportions, under Multiple.
Def"i*nite, n.
Definition: A thing defined or determined. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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