Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
NERVOUSLY
nervously
(adverb) in an anxiously nervous manner; “we watched the stock market nervously”
nervously
(adverb) with nervous excitement; “our bodies jumped nervously away at the slightest touch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
nervously (comparative more nervously, superlative most nervously)
In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness.
Source: Wiktionary
Nerv"ous*ly, adv.
Definition: In a nervous manner.
NERVOUS
Nerv"ous, a. Etym: [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]
1. possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. "Nervous arms." Pope.
2. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer.
3. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever.
4. Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed. Poor, weak, nervous creatures. Cheyne.
5. Sensitive; excitable; timid. Our aristocratic class does not firmly protest against the unfair treatment of Irish Catholics, because it is nervous about the land. M. Arnold. Nervous fever (Med.), a low form of fever characterized by great disturbance of the nervous system, as evinced by delirium, or stupor, disordered sensibility, etc.
– Nervous system (Anat.), the specialized coördinating apparatus which endows animals with sensation and volition. In vertebrates it is often divided into three systems: the central, brain and spinal cord; the peripheral, cranial and spinal nerves; and the sympathetic. See Brain, Nerve, Spinal cord, under Spinal, and Sympathetic system, under Sympathetic, and Illust. in Appendix.
– Nervous temperament, a condition of body characterized by a general predominance of mental manifestations. Mayne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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