Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
INNERLY
Etymology 1
Adjective
innerly (comparative more innerly, superlative most innerly)
(rare) Inward; deep-seated.
Etymology 2
Adverb
innerly (comparative more innerly, superlative most innerly)
(rare) Within; inwardly.
Source: Wiktionary
In"ner*ly, adv.
Definition: More within. [Obs.] Baret.
INNER
In"ner, a. Etym: [AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See In.]
1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena. This attracts the soul, Governs the inner man,the nobler part. Milton.
3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure. Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also,the place of their sittings.
– Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom.
– Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof,in a double-plated roof.
– Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms.
– Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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