Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
WEIRDLY
weirdly
(adverb) in a weird manner; “she was dressed weirdly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
weirdly (comparative more weirdly, superlative most weirdly)
in a weird manner
Anagrams
• wild rye
Source: Wiktionary
WEIRD
Weird, n. Etym: [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weor to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. ur. Worth to become.]
1. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. [Obs. or Scot.]
2. A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Weird, a.
1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc. Myself too had weird seizures. Tennyson. Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation. Longfellow. Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.] G. Douglas.
Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth. The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land. Shak.
Weird, v. t.
Definition: To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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