GELIDLY

Etymology

Adverb

gelidly (not comparable)

In a gelid manner; coldly, icily.

Source: Wiktionary


Gel"id*ly, adv.

Definition: In a gelid manner; coldly.

GELID

Gel"id, a. Etym: [L. gelidus, fr. gelun frost, cold. See Cold, and cf. Congeal, Gelatin, Jelly.]

Definition: Cold; very cold; frozen. "Gelid founts." Thompson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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