According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
soakingly (comparative more soakingly, superlative most soakingly)
To the point of soaking; imparting extreme wetness.
Source: Wiktionary
Soak"ing, a.
Definition: Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.
– Soak"ing*ly, adv.
Soak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking.] Etym: [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s, s, to suck. See Suck.]
1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.
2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. Their land shall be soaked with blood. Isa. xxiv. 7.
3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through. The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. Sir W. Scott.
5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Soak, v. i.
1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 September 2024
(noun) an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; “the skillful orchestration of his political campaign”
According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.