Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
jumpily (comparative more jumpily, superlative most jumpily)
nervously, or restlessly
unevenly
The bus drove jumpily along the unmade road.
Source: Wiktionary
Jump"y, a. [Compar. Jumpier; superl. Jumpiest.]
Definition: Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps; hence, extremely nervous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.