You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
NAUTICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
nautically (comparative more nautically, superlative most nautically)
in a nautical manner
Source: Wiktionary
Nau"tic*al*ly, adv.
Definition: In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affais.
NAUTICAL
Nau"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. nauticus, Gr. nautique. See Nave of a church.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.
Syn.
– Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval. Nautical almanac. See under Almanac.
– Nautical distance, the length in nautical miles of the rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
– nautical mile. see under Mile.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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