In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SILVERLY
Etymology
Adverb
silverly (comparative more silverly, superlative most silverly)
(poetic) With a silver appearance or sound.
Source: Wiktionary
Sil"ver*ly, adv.
Definition: Like silver in appearance or in sound. Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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