In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
predictively (comparative more predictively, superlative most predictively)
In the manner of something that attempts or succeeds in predicting, anticipating or expecting.
The computer program predictively scheduled the number of employees we'd need each day of the year based on past workloads.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*dict"ive, a. Etym: [L. praedictivus.]
Definition: Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding.
– Pre*dict"ive*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.