(adv.) In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Excessive lip protrusion was eliminated, and arch leveled.
(2) The temperature increased from the anterior to the posterior region on both buccal and lingual sides of both arches.
(3) Administration of one of the precursors of noradrenaline l-DOPA not only prevented the decrease in tissue noradrenaline content in myocardium, but restored completely its reserves, exhausted by electrostimulation of the aortic arch.
(4) A forty-four-year-old woman with Takayasu's arteritis and involvement of the aortic arch and its main branches complained of precordial pain on effort.
(5) Koons provoked a bigger stir with the news that he would be showing with gallery owner David Zwirner next year in an apparent defection from Zwirner's arch-rival Larry Gagosian, the world's most powerful art dealer.
(6) Global 'abnormality', hunching (rigid arching of back), hindlimb abduction, forepaw myoclonus, stereotyped lateral head movements, backing, and immobility occurred significantly only in drug-treated rats.
(7) Between March 1986 and September 1988, 38 patients underwent extended aortic resection (aortic valve, ascending aorta, and arch) for acute type-A aortic dissection with aortic valve insufficiency; deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest were used.
(8) Other associated malformations were an interrupted aortic arch and an atrial septal defect.
(9) The sucker, covered with basal lamina, has a constant volume; its layer of muscles resists deformation and supports the stability of the arch.
(10) In the anaesthetized dog the carotid sinuses and aortic arch were isolated from the circulation and separately perfused with blood by a method which enabled the mean pressure, pulse pressure and pulse frequency to be varied independently in each vasosensory area.
(11) The data presented in this paper confirm the need for stimulation of the pudendal reflex arch to achieve physiological conditions.
(12) This article describes the application and efficacy of the lipbumper used in the lower arch.
(13) Adjustment of posterior arch width and dental alignment, using semi-rapid maxillary expansion by means of an upper removable appliance, to co-ordinate the anticipated positions for the arches.
(14) The most commonly associated lesions were ventricular septal defect (50%), hypoplastic aortic arch (45%), patent ductus arteriosus (41%), transposition of great arteries (22.7%) and other intracardiac lesions comprised 30%.
(15) This malformation was demonstrated in alcian-blue- and alizarin-red-stained fetal skeletons by measurements of the distance between the cartilaginous ends of each vertebral arch.
(16) No correlation was found between aortic arch size and the size of the left-to-right shunt in cases of DAP.
(17) After 48 hours in culture, all specimens were examined at 6x magnification for defects in the facial arches, head fold, and neural tube fusion.
(18) Narrow paths weave among moss-covered ornate arches and towers on the 80-acre site, and huge abstract sculptures and staircases lead nowhere, but up to the sky.
(19) Although different dimensions of the face and head and the upper dental arch width were found to be significantly correlated in children with normal occlusion, this relationship is not found to be strong enough in children with different categories of malocclusion.
(20) We suggest that incomplete development of the bones of the dorsal neural arches of the upper sacrum may be a marker of incomplete neurogenesis of the sacral nerves.
Archy
Definition:
(a.) Arched; as, archy brows.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sitting at the table today, Archie is doing his best to look the part – in time-honoured hip-hop style, there is an inspirational motto tattooed on his forearm in flowing script – and he and Foster have an impressive line in managerial hyperbole: "We believe that whatever record label we work for, we can change that label for the better because we understand what kids want to listen to."
(2) New ITV chairman Archie Norman will launch a strategy review this month as he seeks to "accelerate the transformation" of the broadcaster.
(3) It’s a sweet, tender, funny reintroduction to a classic character, and after a few recent PR missteps by Archie Comics – which cranked up Kickstarter campaigns to quickly relaunch other modernised versions of some of its classic titles, before abandoning the idea after complaints from fans and industry professionals – looks like a solid launchpad for its 75th-anniversary celebrations.
(4) Archie Norman , ITV's chairman, said Crozier, who is the former head of the Football Association, had the "steely resolve we need at ITV", which was looking for a "great leader".
(5) ITV said that Archie Norman, the former Tory MP and party chief executive, had not had any direct involvement with the programme.
(6) ITV chairman Archie Norman has staunchly defended his decision to overlook TV veterans in his international search for a chief executive, following today's appointment of Adam Crozier, and all but ruled out further cost cuts or a sell-off of its programme-making arm.
(7) Allies of the PM are urging him to consider heavyweight candidates such as former Tory MP and ITV chairman Archie Norman or the former Tory leader Lord Howard of Lympne.
(8) Finally, Archie Kane, the former boss of its insurance arm, was also told he would miss out on his bonus.
(9) Archie Knox 1986-91 The Scot had accompanied Ferguson to Old Trafford from Aberdeen and would be his close confidant and, initially, his house-mate in Timperley.
(10) A 1-0 Costa Rica success resonates as much to this day with Scotland’s followers as Archie Gemmill’s 1978 wonder-goal against Holland or David Narey’s spectacular toe-poke past Brazil’s Waldir Peres four years later in Spain.
(11) Archie's happy ending: the gay wedding issue sold out.
(12) But in 1960, he was fully at ease in the film version of John Osborne's The Entertainer, and contributed a remarkable performance as Archie Rice.
(13) ITV's new chairman, the former Tory MP Archie Norman , has said he does not "expect favours" from his political contacts, but plans to lobby for more deregulation of the broadcasting market.
(14) ITV's chairman, Archie Norman, and chief executive, Adam Crozier, are expected to talk about pay-TV as part of a wider plan when the broadcaster reports its half-yearly results next Tuesday.
(15) As he walks me through its echoing halls, councillor Archie Graham, executive member for the Commonwealth Games, reels off the "world-class" statistics of this mindboggling venue, explaining how it saves money by bringing everything together under one roof.
(16) His resignation follows that of Helen Weir, head of retail banking, and the retirement of Archie Kane, who ran the insurance arm.
(17) ITV chairman Archie Norman warned today that the broadcaster could afford "no more false dawns" as he outlined a five-year plan to transform the business into one of Britain's "fastest changing media companies".
(18) ITV gains nothing from the proposed cutbacks at the BBC, its chairman Archie Norman said today, as he promised a "day zero" revamp of the broadcaster that could include a fresh look at pay-TV.
(19) Seven people unsubscribed from Archie after Keller was introduced, but thousands more signed up, Goldwater said.
(20) They had no experience in management, nor did they have any money, hence the need to borrow from Archie's dad, as well as from Jack's mum's Catholic priest and a variety of other elderly relations.