In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
NIGGLY
Etymology
Adjective
niggly (comparative more niggly, superlative most niggly)
bad-tempered, especially about trivial details.
trivial, insignificant
pernickety, paying too much attention to small details.
Source: Wiktionary
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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