An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PROPITIOUSLY
auspiciously, propitiously
(adverb) in an auspicious manner; “he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
propitiously (comparative more propitiously, superlative most propitiously)
In a propitious manner.
Source: Wiktionary
PROPITIOUS
Pro*pi"tious, a. Etym: [L. propitius, perhaps originally a term of augury meaning, flying forward (pro) or well; cf. Skr. pat to fly, E. petition, feather.]
1. Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.
2. Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity. Milton. And now t' assuage the force of this new flame, And make thee [Love] more propitious in my need. Spenser.
Syn.
– Auspicious; favorable; kind.
– Propitious, Auspicious. Auspicious (from the ancient idea of auspices, or omens) denotes "indicative of success," or "favored by incidental occurrences;" as, an auspicious opening; an auspicious event. Propitious denotes that which efficaciously protect us in some undertaking, speeds our exertions, and decides our success; as, propitious gales; propitious influences.
– Pro*pi"tious*ly, adv.
– Pro*pi"tious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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