(a.) Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit.
(n.) One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.
Example Sentences:
(1) The secretary of state should work constructively with frontline staff and managers rather than adversarially and commit to no administrative reorganisation.” Dr Jennifer Dixon, chief executive, Health Foundation “It will be crucial that the next government maintains a stable and certain environment in the NHS that enables clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to continue to transform care and improve health outcomes for their local populations.
(2) It would strike a blow against its excessively adversarial ways of working, the two sides of a divided house braying at each other across the floor.
(3) Two “Belgian journalists” had been in the Panjshir valley of northern Afghanistan for weeks, supposedly waiting to interview Ahmad Shah Massoud, the so-called Lion of the Panjshir, leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, an al-Qaida adversary.
(4) Throughout his career he has continued to champion Crane, seeing him as the direct heir to Walt Whitman – Whitman being "not just the most American of poets but American poetry proper, our apotropaic champion against European culture" – and slayer of neo-Christian adversaries such as "the clerical TS Eliot" and the old New Critics, who were and are anathema to Bloom, unresting defender of the Romantic tradition.
(5) After briefly discussing the limitations of expert testimony and the adversarial demands of the judicial system, the author concludes that the insanity defense should be retained but altered, and that psychiatrists should bear the burdens of advocating for the mentally ill.
(6) Nonmasculine individuals perceived the adversary more positively than masculine individuals regardless of strategy of resolution.
(7) The study was designed to test whether men and women identifying with a masculine stereotype differ in their perception of a confederate (adversary) who displays either an empathetic or aggressive role in resolving a disagreement over social issues.
(8) Valls’ stance and the perceived zig-zagging of Hollande, who before his election promised that his only adversary was the world of finance and then shifted to a pro-business stance, have created cracks within the Socialist party.
(9) Trump had long been cagey about participating in Thursday’s debate because of adversarial questioning from anchor Megyn Kelly in the first debate.
(10) I think it’s okay as a Catholic to get my guidance as a Catholic from the Pope but certainly not economic policy or environmental policy.” Trump has previously questioned the faith of another adversary, Ted Cruz, saying: “You gotta remember, in all fairness, to the best of my knowledge, not too many evangelicals come out of Cuba, OK?” Cruz’s father is an evangelical pastor who emigrated from Cuba, and the senator has pursued extremely religious voters throughout his campaign.
(11) China says its space programme is for peaceful purposes, but the US Defense Department has highlighted its increasing capabilities, saying it was pursuing activities aimed to prevent adversaries from using space-based assets in a crisis.
(12) The beneficial cardioprotective effects of estrogens are attenuated by estrogen overdosing (causing hypertriglyceridemia), the use of synthetic instead of natural estrogen products (increased incidence of adversary effects) and especially by use of inappropriate progestins.
(13) To the surprise of many, the group quickly controlled towns and villages that were home to some of the group's most powerful adversaries, including Jabhat al-Nusra and locally rooted tribal militias.
(14) They also suggest that litigation may function as a coping response for patients who are distressed by the adversarial nature of the Worker's Compensation system.
(15) "Only the retention of our independent deterrent makes clear to any adversary that the devastating cost of an attack on the UK or its allies will always be far greater than anything it might hope to gain."
(16) Most of the consultative medical reports, insurance carriers' and claimants', veered on the adversarial and favored the respective interested party.
(17) It would be a grave mistake to write laws that treat security agencies like adversaries.
(18) "Of course Jacques Chirac is our adversary in the democratic arena, but Jean-Marie Le Pen is a danger for the republic ... we will vote Chirac."
(19) Regulation is a common adversary; small banks say they feel the costs of compliance with banking regulations more keenly than giant banks with well-funded staff.
(20) The process is not adversarial – attorneys for Wilson will not be allowed to join proceedings.
Sidewinder
Definition:
(n.) See Horned rattler, under Horned.
(n.) A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary.
Example Sentences:
(1) After analysis of the catheter maneuvers inherent to the special shape of the type of catheter used (Sidewinder, Cordis Corporation), it is concluded that this complication resulted from incorrect catheter manipulation and an incorrect choice of the dimensions of the preshaped part of the catheter in relation to the diameter of the aortic arch.
(2) Synchronized electromyography and cinematography were used to determine the muscle activity of colubroid snakes during sidewinding and concertina locomotion.
(3) A hairpin bend between the strictured ureter and the ileal conduit was easily negotiated by reforming a Sidewinder loop within the contralateral ureter and withdrawing it until the tip entered the conduit.
(4) The Simmons sidewinder catheter is frequently used, but reforming its unique curve may be a problem.
(5) The characteristics of the "sidewinder-technique" are emphasized.
(6) Reforming an open loop in the ascending aorta is the first step in performing selective catheterization of the aortic arch branches, using a sidewinder catheter.
(7) Sidewinding locomotion of Nerodia fasciata and Crotalus cerastes was the result of continuous posterior propagation of contractile blocks consisting of several adjacent muscle segments.
(8) Use of a special guide wire contributed to the successful performance of safe femorocerebral angiography with the Simmons sidewinder catheter in the 47 of 48 elderly patients in whom it was performed.
(9) At 7.24am, one of them opened fire with an air-to-air missile, believed to be a US-made Aim-9 sidewinder .
(10) A Simmons (sidewinder) catheter is maneuvered into the ascending aorta and is rotated as to assume its performed shape.
(11) Best known for the big melodies of Everybody Hurts, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight and Man on the Moon, a murkier, older REM mood prevails on Automatic for the People – try the arresting Try Not to Breathe, about an old man grappling with death, a cousin to Green's similarly affecting You Are the Everything, or the woozy New Orleans Instrumental No 1.
(12) Reformation of the curve of the Simmons sidewinder catheter may be difficult in some patients, and the originally described technique using the left subclavian artery may be unsuccessful.
(13) Through using the sidewinder catheter system for visceral angiography in over 200 patients we have improved our success rate.
(14) A three-dimensional left coronary bypass graft catheter with a sidewinder configuration is described.
(15) During sidewinding, the activity of the M. longissimus dorsi and M. iliocostalis was primarily unilateral, beginning when a body region was convex and ending when it was maximally concave on the side of the active muscle.