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.
SYNTHETICALLY
synthetically
(adverb) by synthesis; in a synthetic manner; “some of these drugs have been derived from opium and others have been produced synthetically”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
synthetically (not comparable)
Using synthetic methods.
Source: Wiktionary
Syn*thet"ic*al*ly, adv.
Definition: In a synthetic manner.
SYNTHETIC
Syn*thet"ic, Syn*thet"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. synthétique.]
1. Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical. Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to the synthetic method; that is, they draw general conclusions from too small a number of particular observations and experiments. Bolingbroke.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; -- said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3. Synthetic, or Synthetical language, an inflectional language, or one characterized by grammatical endings; -- opposed to analytic language. R. Morris.
SYNTHETICAL
Syn*thet"ic, Syn*thet"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. synthétique.]
1. Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical. Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to the synthetic method; that is, they draw general conclusions from too small a number of particular observations and experiments. Bolingbroke.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; -- said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3. Synthetic, or Synthetical language, an inflectional language, or one characterized by grammatical endings; -- opposed to analytic language. R. Morris.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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