In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
STEALINGLY
Etymology
Adverb
stealingly (not comparable)
By stealing; furtively or with invisible motion.
Source: Wiktionary
Steal"ing*ly, adv.
Definition: By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisible motion. Sir P. Sidney.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRACE
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”
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