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.
RURALLY
rurally
(adverb) in a rural manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
rurally (comparative more rurally, superlative most rurally)
In a rural way.
In a rural place; in the countryside
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"ral*ly, adv.
Definition: In a rural manner; as in the country.
RURAL
Ru"ral, a. Etym: [F., fr. L.ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf. Room space, Rustic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect. Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs. Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy. Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean.
– Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.
Syn.
– Rustic.
– Rural, Rustic. Rural refers to the country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitans of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc. We turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. Thomson. Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by; To manly confidence thy throughts apply. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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