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.
SHABBILY
shabbily
(adverb) in a mean and ungenerous manner; “the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room”
shabbily
(adverb) so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; “a shabbily dressed man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
shabbily (comparative more shabbily, superlative most shabbily)
In a shabby manner.
Done poorly or ineptly.
Anagrams
• babishly
Source: Wiktionary
Shab"bi*ly, adv.
Definition: In a shabby manner.
SHABBY
Shab"by, a. [Compar. Shabbier; superl. Shabbiest.] Etym: [See Shab, n., Scabby, and Scab.]
1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged. Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. Macaulay.
2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. "The dean was so shabby." Swift.
3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." Clarendon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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