(adv.) In an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bobby Robson is about to roll the dice for the last time: Steve Bull is preparing to come on, presumably for Beardsley.
(2) The OAU, and the independence it so ably championed through its liberation committee, was meant to reverse that historical trend – and find its own version of the old US anti-colonialist Monroe doctrine and manifest destiny : Africa for Africans at home and abroad.
(3) I am very emotionally moved Yer've come 'ere with a lorra heart and that From the start of this competition you have acquitted yourself very ably Hawaaaaayyyyy the girls!
(4) Turnbull noted Abbott, while prime minister, had galvanised “the strongest possible international response to the evolving threat of Daesh” – and had brought a strength of purpose “to the task of restoring the integrity of our borders.” The prime minister said his predecessor had ended the “disastrous” border policies of the Rudd and Gillard governments, that had “weakened our national security dramatically.” “Mr Speaker, under the policies of our government, and I acknowledge here the extraordinary contributions of leadership and determination of the members for Cook [Scott Morrison] and ably succeeded by the member for Dickson [Peter Dutton], we stopped the boats and we stopped the deaths at sea and that would never have happened had it not been for the election of the Abbott government in 2013,” Turnbull said.
(5) Prejudice against Latinos in general and the undocumented in particular is alive and well, as Donald Trump has so ably demonstrated .
(6) In this he was ably helped by his wife Gabriele, herself a distinguished and incisive writer.
(7) While today's data suggests that the former is definitely taking place, the latter is far from complete and alongside weak productivity numbers, points to a jobs market that cannot be relied on yet to ably stand resilient to tightening monetary policy."
(8) Headhunters claimed that, for every appointment of a CEO, another 100 people could have filled the role just as ably, and that many chosen for top jobs were “mediocre”.
(9) APA's Statement on the Insanity Defense served as the ably articulated premise for this evidentiary amendment.
(10) For the five years of the coalition, they consistently voted for draconian austerity measures targeted at society’s most vulnerable members which contributed to the alienation so ably chronicled in John Harris’s series “ Anywhere but Westminster ”.
(11) Seeking to exacerbate Wearside misery, Darren Fletcher chested a ball down adroitly before unleashing a fine volley, ably diverted by Pickford.
(12) "The secretary of state for Wales is ably demonstrating how out of touch the Conservative party still are when it comes to modern British life," he said.
(13) He has been deputy editor since 2007, ably editing the title in the absence of Will Lewis.
(14) Mark Schwarzer coped ably as Cech's replacement and the tie is poised nicely for the return leg, even if Chelsea's list of absentees probably means Atlético should still be regarded as marginally the favourites.
(15) "The great thing is that all the different parties involved came to work with each other remark- ably smoothly.
(16) After all that, it was a shock that he could carry on but he did and, ultimately, Hodgson could reflect on a night when all the players fighting for World Cup places acquitted themselves ably.
(17) It is an intriguing notion, that the uncertainty shown by the English national team reflects an uncertainty that lurks within the English themselves, that if the 11 on the field didn't know who they were, they were ably representing a nation that feels similarly confused.
(18) He – David Chapple, ably supported by his wife, Carole – will be watching standup 10 hours a day for 27 days.
(19) The kidnappers' demands were ably investigated by the bride, imperturbable in ivory satin, though the list of suspects (a brisk resumé of all the Braithwaites' aggrieved lovers) made her reconsider matrimony.
(20) I’ll be your host for tonight’s shebang, ably assisted by our film columnist Tom Shone and resident TV and showbiz expert Emma Gilbey Keller, so do join us for our live coverage from 6pm ET.
Aby
Definition:
(v. t. & i.) Alt. of Abye
Example Sentences:
(1) The ABI figures revealed that the best annuity for someone who is a heavy smoker and has severely impaired health was at Prudential, which paid out 46% more than the worst, from Friends Life.
(2) While it has been possible to readily produce large numbers of such templates from M13 or other single-stranded vectors for several years, the sequencing of double-stranded DNA templates using the ABI 373 DNA Sequencer has had a considerably lower success rate.
(3) Postoperative APR improved to 86.3 millimeters of mercury and ABI to 0.63 (p less than 0.05).
(4) And I would make sure that any news report included critics of his language.” We need to talk about the online radicalisation of young, white men | Abi Wilkinson Read more Damien McGuinness, a BBC Berlin correspondent, observes that Germany’s media, reconstructed after the war with a strong “moral component”, is struggling with the same journalistic challenge.
(5) By contrast, resting ABI measurements alone are unable to identify reliably a failing graft; they are useful primarily for confirming technical adequacy and relief of ischemia.
(6) This stress-related accumulation of the rab18 mRNA is markedly decreased in the ABA-synthesis mutant aba-1, the ABA-response mutant abi-1 or in wild-type plants treated with the carotenoid synthesis inhibitor, fluridone.
(7) The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is proposing that all homes continue to be covered, but with a cap on the annual premium they would pay.
(8) Molecular genetic analysis of PALL-I cells revealed neither bcr rearrangement nor 8.5-kb abI-related mRNA that is characteristically seen in Ph1-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
(9) Huw Evans, deputy director general at the ABI, said: "The review of the Riot Damages Act is overdue, but government proposals to drastically cut back compensation are at odds with its intention to retain the principle that the state is responsible for the costs of riot damage, that has proved its worth for taxpayers for over 100 years.
(10) Bound CGP-ABY was cleared first from the tips of the projections and subsequently from the entire pseudopod surface.
(11) Tonight, Abi Alton has to pretend to be Sammy Davis Jr. Next week, Abi Alton has to sing next to an out-of-control pneumatic drill.
(12) The induction by ABA is abolished in the ABA-insensitive mutant abi-1 indicating that the abi-1 mutation defines a component in the ABA response pathway.
(13) In the alternative (ABI-constant) method, intensity at the two ears was varied symmetrically about a constant base intensity, in a manner roughly approximating the pattern of changes that occur when a free-field stimulus is moved in azimuth from the median sagittal plane.
(14) The genetic determinant for abortive infection of bacteriophage (Abi) from the lactococcal plasmid pCI829 was cloned on a 6.2 kb StuI fragment in Escherichia coli using the shuttle vector pSA3.
(15) DSA and routine assessment of graft flow velocity (GFV) and ankle pressure indices (ABI) during the first postoperative year.
(16) The ABI also issued an amber alert on Barclays last year when one in 10 investors failed to support the remuneration report at an annual meeting, when private shareholders hit out against the pay deals.
(17) On the eve of the third anniversary of the outbreak of rioting in Tottenham , north London, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said that had the planned changes to compensation been in place in 2011 only £1 would have been paid out for every £10 worth of damage.
(18) Eighty-six femoropopliteal bypass operations were performed for ischemic ulceration, gangrene or rest pain in 77 patients whose mean preoperative ABI was 0.35.
(19) ABI exhibited the highest IL-6, and the cytokine level was lower in RAS, PMC, HGS and OLP in this order.
(20) Plasma C3d levels and iC3b in asthmatic patients were both comparable to those observed in normal controls, whereas patients with ABI had significantly higher iC3b levels than both other groups.