In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISCRETIVELY
Etymology
Adverb
discretively (comparative more discretively, superlative most discretively)
In a discretive manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cre"tive*ly, adv.
Definition: In a discretive manner.
DISCRETIVE
Dis*cre"tive, a. Etym: [L. discretivus. See Discrete.]
Definition: Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive. Discretive proposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as, travelers change their climate, but not their temper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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