The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
PORTENTOUSLY
portentously
(adverb) in a portentous manner; “portentously, the engines began to roll”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
portentously (comparative more portentously, superlative most portentously)
In an ominous manner.
Synonym: ominously
In a pompous manner.
Source: Wiktionary
PORTENTOUS
Por*tent"ous, a. Etym: [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreschadowing, esp. foreschadowing ill; ominous. For, I believe, they are portentous things. Shak. Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor. Macaulay.
2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size. Roscommon.
– Por*tent"ous*ly, adv.
– Por*tent"ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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