Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PRODIGIOUSLY
prodigiously
(adverb) to a prodigious degree; “the prices of farms rose prodigiously”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
prodigiously (comparative more prodigiously, superlative most prodigiously)
In a prodigious manner; enormously, wonderfully, astonishingly or impressively.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*di"gious*ly, adv.
1. Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously great.
2. Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased. [Colloq.] Pope.
PRODIGIOUS
Pro*di"gious, a. Etym: [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy.]
1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [Obs. or R.] Spenser. It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Sir T. Browne.
2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. "Prodigious might." Milton.
Syn.
– Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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