According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
INSTANCY
immediacy, immediateness, instantaneousness, instancy
(noun) the quickness of action or occurrence; “the immediacy of their response”; “the instancy of modern communication”
imperativeness, instancy
(noun) the quality of being insistent; “he pressed his demand with considerable instancy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
instancy (countable and uncountable, plural instancies)
insistence, insistency
immediacy, instantaneousness
Source: Wiktionary
In"stan*cy, n.
Definition: Instance; urgency. [Obs.] Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with so great instancy gave. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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