OSTENSIVELY

Etymology

Adverb

ostensively (comparative more ostensively, superlative most ostensively)

(manner) In an ostensive manner.

(modal) Ostensibly.

Source: Wiktionary


Os*ten"sive*ly, adv.

Definition: In an ostensive manner.

OSTENSIVE

Os*ten"sive, a.

Definition: Showing; exhibiting. Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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