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.
LENITIVELY
Etymology
Adverb
lenitively (comparative more lenitively, superlative most lenitively)
In a lenitive manner.
Source: Wiktionary
LENITIVE
Len"i*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. lénitif. See Lenient.]
Definition: Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
Len"i*tive, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lénitif.]
1. (Med.) (a) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants. (b) A mild purgative; a laxative.
2. That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative. There is one sweet Lenitive at least for evils, which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep. Sterne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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