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.
IRREGULARLY
irregularly
(adverb) in an irregular manner; “the stomach mucosa was irregularly blackened”
irregularly
(adverb) at an uneven rate; “the patient is breathing irregularly”
irregularly, on an irregular basis
(adverb) in an irregular manner; “her letters arrived irregularly”
irregularly
(adverb) having an irregular form; “irregularly shaped solids”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
irregularly (comparative more irregularly, superlative most irregularly)
In an irregular manner; without rule, method, or order.
Source: Wiktionary
Ir*reg"u*lar*ly, adv.
Definition: In an irregular manner.
IRREGULAR
Ir*reg"u*lar, a. Etym: [Pref. ir- not + regular: cf. F. irrégulier.]
Definition: Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular. Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem. Milton. Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight Against the irregular and wild Glendower. Shak. A flowery meadow through which a clear stream murmured in many irregular meanders. Jones.
Syn.
– Immethodical; unsystematic; abnormal; unnatural; anomalous; erratic; devious; crooked; eccentric; unsettled; uneven; variable; changeable; mutable; desultory; disorderly; wild; immoderate; intemperate; inordinate; vicious.
Ir*reg"u*lar, n.
Definition: One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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