In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DEPRECIATINGLY
Etymology
Adverb
depreciatingly (comparative more depreciatingly, superlative most depreciatingly)
So as to disparage or belittle.
Never heard him speak of any one otherwise than depreciatingly, but the next moment after abusing a man, he would go any length to serve him.
Source: Wiktionary
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15 November 2024
HISTOLOGICALLY
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
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