Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TOPICALLY
locally, topically
(adverb) to a restricted area of the body; “apply this medicine topically”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
topically (comparative more topically, superlative most topically)
In a topical manner.
(medicine) (Applied) to a localized part of the body.
Anagrams
• allotypic, optically
Source: Wiktionary
Top"ic*al*ly, adv.
Definition: In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.
TOPICAL
Top"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. Topic, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
2. (Rhet. & logic)
Definition: Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.
3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument. Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable. Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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