Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
NOMINALLY
nominally
(adverb) in name only; “nominally he is the boss”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
nominally (not comparable)
In a nominal manner.
slightly
As a noun.
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Nom"i*nal*ly, adv.
Definition: In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality. Burke.
NOMINAL
Nom"i*nal, a. Etym: [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name. See Name.]
1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. Bp. Pearson.
2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.
Nom"i*nal, n.
1. A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: A verb formed from a noun.
3. A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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