Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OBSCENELY
lewdly, obscenely
(adverb) in a lewd and obscene manner; “he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely”
obscenely
(adverb) to an obscene degree; “this man is obscenely rich”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
obscenely (comparative more obscenely, superlative most obscenely)
In an obscene manner; vulgarly.
(colloquial) In an excessive manner.
Source: Wiktionary
OBSCENE
Ob*scene", a/ Etym: [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obscéne.]
1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures. Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly. I. Watts.
2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting. A girdle foul with grease bobscene attire. Dryden.
3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. Dryden.
Syn.
– Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
– Ob*scene"ly, adv.
– Ob*scene"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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