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.
DESPITEOUSLY
Etymology
Adverb
despiteously (comparative more despiteously, superlative most despiteously)
In a despiteous manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Des*pit"e*ous*ly, adv.
Definition: Despitefully. [Obs.]
DESPITEOUS
Des*pit"e*ous, a. Etym: [OE. despitous, OF. despiteus, fr. despit; affected in form by E. piteous. See Despite.]
Definition: Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous. [Obs.] "Despiteous reproaches." Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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