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.
FERVENTLY
fierily, fervently, fervidly
(adverb) with passionate fervor; “both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people”; “a fierily opinionated book”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
fervently (comparative more fervently, superlative most fervently)
In a fervent manner.
Source: Wiktionary
FERVENT
Fer"vent, a. Etym: [F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p.pr. of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]
1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer. The elements shall melt with fervent heat. 2 Pet. iii. 10.
2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. Rom. iii. 11. So spake the fervent angel. Milton. A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. Macaulay.
– Fer"vent*ly, adv.
– Fer"vent*ness, n. Laboring fervently for you in prayers. Col. iv. 12.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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