Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SHIFTILY
shiftily
(adverb) in a shifty manner; “he looked at his new customer shiftily”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
shiftily (comparative more shiftily, superlative most shiftily)
In a shifty manner.
Source: Wiktionary
SHIFTY
Shift"y, a.
Definition: Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance. Wright. Shifty and thrifty as old Greek or modern Scot, there were few things he could not invent, and perhaps nothing he could not endure. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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