In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INSUPERABLY
insuperably
(adverb) to an insuperable degree; “these various courses all seemed insuperably difficult to the student”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
insuperably (comparative more insuperably, superlative most insuperably)
In an insuperable manner.
Source: Wiktionary
INSUPERABLE
In*su"per*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. insuperabilis: cf. OF. insuperable. See In- not, and Superable.]
Definition: Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties. And middle natures, how they long to join, Yet never pass the insuperable line Pope. The difficulty is enhanced, or is . . . insuperable. I. Taylor.
Syn.
– Impassable; insurmountable; unconquerable.
– In*su"per*a*ble*ness, n.
– In*su"per*a*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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