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.
WHOLESOMELY
wholesomely
(adverb) in a wholesome manner; “the papers we found shed some valuable light on this question, wholesomely contradicting all lies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
wholesomely (comparative more wholesomely, superlative most wholesomely)
In a wholesome manner.
Antonym: unwholesomely
Source: Wiktionary
WHOLESOME
Whole"some, a. [Compar. Wholesomer; superl. Wholesomest.] Etym: [Whole + some; cf. Icel. heilsamr, G. heilsam, D. heilzaam.]
1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. A Smith.
2. Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. Prov. xv. 4. I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased. Shak. A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained. Sir W. Scott.
3. Sound; healthy. [Obs.] Shak.
– Whole"some*ly, adv.
– Whole"some*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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