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.
EXPLOSIVELY
explosively
(adverb) suddenly and rapidly; “the population in Central America is growing explosively”
explosively
(adverb) in an explosive manner; “the political situation in Kashmir and Jammu is explosively unstable”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
explosively (comparative more explosively, superlative most explosively)
In an explosive manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*plo"sive*ly, adv.
Definition: In an explosive manner.
EXPLOSIVE
Ex*plo"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. explosif.]
Definition: Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
Ex*plo"sive, n.
1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice.
Note: [See Guide to Pronunciation, sq. root 155-7, 184.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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