(n.) Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) End of life care campaign – coalition of organisations They say: Cicely Saunders International, Hospice UK, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Macmillan Cancer Support, Motor Neurone Disease Association, the National Council for Palliative Care and Sue Ryder came together in 2012 to campaign for the introduction of free social care for people at the end of their life.
(2) Cicely says her decision was more down to her upbringing than the downturn.
(3) They see their work as a British invention, revere the memory of Cicely Saunders and use "hospice" as a synonym for palliative care, not just for a care home.
(4) Danes' win ended the hopes that Scandal best actress nominee Kerry Washington would become the first African-American to win in the category since Cicely Tyson in 1995 for Sweet Justice.
(5) Its roots extend back to the Middle Ages, but it was developed into its present form by Dr Cicely Saunders at St Christopher's Hospice in London.
(6) The two eldest, Felix and Clarice, are still in full-time jobs, while Digby, just 15, helps out and will probably join the business when he leaves school, says Cicely.
(7) Think Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind, Cicely Tyson in The Help, Lillian Randolph in It’s a Wonderful Life.
(8) Cicely Garrett is the food bank's point of contact at the food oasis; last autumn she was appointed to the newly created and curiously titled position of food systems innovation manager.
(9) The values for Na+, K+ and CIce-were 183.2, 51.5 and 245 mEq respectively.
(10) The form has developed - from the 18th-century English invention of child portraiture, through the mass-marketed blandishments of Kate Greenaway and Cicely Mary Barker, to cutesy cards and blushing bottom advertising.
(11) Case study When Cicely Elliott-Berry was still at school she decided a degree was not for her – her future lay in distilling gin.
(12) The basal 24 hour urinary volume was 1.36 litres with an average pH of 6.52 containing 42.74 mEq of combined acid and 114.5, 47.6 and 128.4 mEq Na+, K+ and CIce-ions respectively.
(13) The history of hospice care in Great Britain was first introduced, and the pioneer work carried out by the founder of the modern hospice care, Dame Cicely Saunders was briefly described.
Nicely
Definition:
(adv.) In a nice manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) It would be nice if it was more ... but I am trying."
(2) But the Franco-British spat sparked by Dave's rejection of Angela and Nicolas's cunning plan to save the euro has been given wings by news the US credit agencies may soon strip France of its triple-A rating and is coming along very nicely, thank you. "
(3) Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tried to liven things up, but there are only so many ways to tell us to be nice to chickens.
(4) GlaxoSmithKline was unusually critical of the decision by Nice, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, and also the Scottish Medicines Consortium, to reject its drug belimumab (brand name Benlysta) in final draft guidance.
(5) Nice (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) has also published new guidance on good patient experience that provides a strong framework on which to build good engagement practice.
(6) These can lead to communications blackouts around the Earth and produce aurorae; indeed, there have been several nice displays over recent weeks.
(7) While the Spielberg of popular myth is Mr Nice Guy, Lean was known as an obsessive, cantankerous tyrant who didn't much like actors and was only truly happy locked away in the editing suite.
(8) I started yelling at him to come back,” Brittany Nicely, of Dayton, told the Cincinnati Enquirer.
(9) Some offer a range, depending on whether you think you're a bit of a buff, and know a pinot meunier from a pinot noir and what prestige cuvée actually means or you just want to see a bit of the process and have a nice glass of bubbly at the end of it, before moving on to the next place – touring a pretty corner of France getting slowly, and delightfully, fizzled.
(10) This is a very nice drug and I’m sure Merck are feeling very pleased with themselves.” Matt Kennedy, who led the trial at Merck, said: “Today there are very limited therapeutic options available for people with Alzheimer’s disease, and those that exist provide only short-term improvement to the cognitive and functional symptoms.
(11) McCall said the outlook remained uncertain: “The economic and operating environment remains uncertain, following the high levels of disruption and more recently the UK’s referendum decision to leave the EU, as well as the recent events in Turkey and Nice, which have affected consumer confidence.
(12) A young literature student accused him of manipulating the language, and then – at the end – another woman noted that he spoke very nicely before declaring him “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”.
(13) Legal tax avoidance is something even nice people make decisions about every day.
(14) Nice says the change would be highly cost effective.
(15) Furthermore, the approach provides a nice graphical representation of the relationships between the PK-PD parameters and covariates.
(16) They turned out to be very nice and greatly appreciative of my efforts despite their own grave situation as I’ve since learned is generally the case.
(17) It is so sad, we don’t let her go out even if the weather is nice,” he says.
(18) The smoky density of the mackerel was nicely offset by the pointed black olive tapenade and the fresh, zingy flavours present in little tangles of tomato, shallot, red pepper and spring onion, a layer of pea shoots and red chard, and the generous dressing of grassy olive oil.
(19) Romney contends the president is a nice guy who has failed to make things better.
(20) Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin for the Observer Nigel Slater's cold noodle and tomato salad makes a nice grownup supper with leftovers for the packed lunch.