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.
EXTENSIVELY
extensively
(adverb) in a widespread way; “oxidation ponds are extensively used for sewage treatment in the Midwest”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
extensively (comparative more extensively, superlative most extensively)
In an extensive manner, widely.
To a great extent.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ten"sive*ly, adv.
Definition: To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
EXTENSIVE
Ex*ten"sive, a. Etym: [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See Extend.]
1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.
2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.] Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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