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.
INSANELY
madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly
(adverb) (used as intensives) extremely; “she was madly in love”; “deadly dull”; “deadly earnest”; “deucedly clever”; “insanely jealous”
insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly
(adverb) in an insane manner; “she behaved insanely”; “he behaves crazily when he is off his medication”; “the witch cackled madly”; “screaming dementedly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
insanely (comparative more insanely, superlative most insanely)
In an insane manner; not sanely.
To a great degree; very much.
Source: Wiktionary
In*sane"ly, adv.
Definition: Without reason; madly; foolishly.
INSANE
In*sane", a. Etym: [L. insanus. See In- not, and Sane.]
1. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.
2. Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
3. Causing insanity or madness. [R.] Or have we eaten on the insaneroot That takes the reason prisoner Shak.
4. Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc. I know not which was the insane measure. Southey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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