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.
EXTERNALLY
outwardly, externally
(adverb) with respect to the outside; “outwardly, the figure is smooth”
externally
(adverb) on or from the outside; “the candidate needs to be externally evaluated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
externally (comparative more externally, superlative most externally)
on the surface or the outside
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ter"nal*ly, adv.
Definition: In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
EXTERNAL
Ex*ter"nal, a. Etym: [L. externus, fr. exter, exterus, on the outside, outward. See Exterior.]
1. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body. Of all external things, . . . She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes. Milton.
2. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
3. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral. Her virtues graced with external gifts. Shak.
4. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial. The external circumstances are greatly different. Trench.
5. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.
6. (Anat.)
Definition: Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral. External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle.
Ex*ter"nal, n.
Definition: Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural. Adam was then no less glorious in his externals South. God in externals could not place content. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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