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.
IRRITABLY
irritably
(adverb) in an irritable manner; “she had become irritably exact”
testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly
(adverb) in a petulant manner; “he said testily: ‘Go away!’”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
irritably (comparative more irritably, superlative most irritably)
In an irritable manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Ir"ri*ta*bly, adv.
Definition: In an irritable manner.
IRRITABLE
Ir"ri*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable. See Irritate.]
1. Capable of being irriated.
2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper. Vicious, old, and irritable. Tennyson.
3. (Physiol.)
Definition: Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
4. (Med.)
Definition: Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
Syn.
– Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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