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Feebly


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a feeble manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The cartilage graft is therefore antigenic but only feebly immunogenic, as the matrix proteoglycans protect the cells from the afferent arm of the immune response.
  • (2) The vitreous is feebly antigenic and is characterized by the absence of gamma-globulins and immunocompetent cells.
  • (3) It was shown that accumulation of the products of oxidation in liposomes, which occurred in the process of their incubation, feebly influenced the ability of liposomes to adsorb on the surface of the clay mineral.
  • (4) At higher levels, primase action is blocked, but RNA pol alone can initiate replication, albeit feebly; at these high levels of auxiliary proteins, primase and RNA pol act synergistically.
  • (5) In a typically water animal (Phocaenoides dalli) the cervical thickening is expressed feebly, the lumbar one is absent, the epidural space is developed better than in terrestrial and semiwater animals.
  • (6) It was quite clear that the agenda was very, very feebly thought through and it was a disaster."
  • (7) The rate with which excess [K+]0 was cleared was either feebly or not at all influenced by variation of the intensity and frequency of stimulation.
  • (8) Evidence is presented that lymphocytes characterised by being large and having abundant feebly staining, and usually profusely granulated cytoplasm ('pale' cells) are a group which is distinct from the other small basophilic ('dark') cells.
  • (9) Stained DNA could be feebly visualized directly in Sm run in agarose gel, which improved after its separation and concentration.
  • (10) Temperature relationships of rotational correlation times (tau M) of lysozyme molecules were studied using viscosity method based on the model of slow feebly anisotropic rotation of label N-O-group.
  • (11) Generously, they settled for only one more, in stoppage time, when the substitute James Milner launched a long ball forward, Jan Vertonghen feebly hung out his leg and suddenly Jesús Navas was running clear.
  • (12) The filamentous form of polymer was found to inhibit strongly the haemagglutination of some (;sensitive') strains but not of other (;insensitive') strains of influenza virus; the ;intermediate' form feebly inhibited haemagglutination by ;sensitive' strains.
  • (13) The microsomal membrane microviscosity is shown to sharply decrease under conditions of the antioxidant deficiency with vitamin E expelled into animals normalizes microviscosity, but feebly influences the microsomal surface charge.
  • (14) It cannot be obtained in saliva, a feebly polar medium.
  • (15) The intermediate filaments here are either utterly absent or present so feebly they find themselves "disguised" by other strongly developed components of cytoskeleton and revealing them with the help of technique of electron microscope is impossible.
  • (16) Many of the urban workers, too poor to pay rent sufficient to meet the costs of these environmental services, were shuffled among damp dingy rooms into which the sun shone feebly and in which their physical odours were confined against any draughts.
  • (17) Defenders of social security fight back feebly with mere facts.
  • (18) Ultrastructural analysis shows them to be masses of amorphous material, feebly osmiophilic, outlined by a unitary membrane the moniliform aspect of which recalls the ergastoplasmic membrane.
  • (19) Many other types of compounds derived from 1-methyl-2-amino-5-nitroimidazole are feebly active.
  • (20) The iron diminished the tetracycline effect only feebly with one staphylococcal strain and the strain of E. rhusiopathiae.

Weakly


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.
  • (superl.) Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was a weak relation between AER and both systolic and diastolic blood pressures.
  • (2) Muscle weakness and atrophy were most marked in the distal parts of the legs, especially in the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, and then spread to the thighs and gluteal muscles.
  • (3) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
  • (4) The strengths and weaknesses of each technique are described in this article.
  • (5) In group V, five cases of Taenia saginata parasitosis were studied showing a weak positive reading.
  • (6) Although the longest period required for resolving weakness was three days, the MRI, the CT and the electroencephalogram revealed no significant abnormality.
  • (7) Her muscle weakness and hyperCKemia markedly improved by corticosteroid therapy, suggesting that the diagnosis was compatible with polymyositis (PM).
  • (8) It was concluded that Ta acts as a weak zeitgeber in laboratory rats and has greater effects on males compared to females.
  • (9) And adding to this toxic mix, was the fear that the hung parliament would lead to a weak government.
  • (10) Sensory loss, motor weakness, paraesthesia and a new pain were found as complications in 12, 7, 4 and 6 patients, respectively.
  • (11) Here's Dominic's full story: US unemployment rate drops to lowest level in six years as 288,000 jobs added Michael McKee (@mckonomy) BNP economists say jobless rate would have been 6.8% if not for drop in participation rate May 2, 2014 2.20pm BST ING's Rob Carnell is also struck by the "extraordinary weakness" of US wage growth .
  • (12) In general, enzyme activity was strongly reduced by heavy metal inorganic cations; less strongly by organometallic cations, some anions, and certain pesticides; and weakly inhibited by light metal cations and organometallic and organic compounds.
  • (13) The weakness was treated by intensive physical rehabilitation with complete and sustained recovery in all cases.
  • (14) It also showed weak inhibition of the solid type of Ehrlich carcinoma and prolonged the survival period of mice inoculated with L-1210 cells.
  • (15) Exposure to whole cigarette smoke from reference cigarettes results in the prompt (peak activity is 6 hrs), but fairly weak (similar to 2 fold), induction of murine pulmonary microsomal monooxygenase activity.
  • (16) Though the concept of phase, known also as focus, is a very helpful notion, its empirical foundation is yet very weak.
  • (17) DL 071 IT, a new potent non-selective beta-adrenergic blocking drug with intrinsic sympathomimetic activity and weak membrane stabilizing activity, was evaluated alone and in comparison with oxprenolol, in six volunteers, at rest and during an exercise test.
  • (18) A variety of weak acids at and below their pK(a) are potent inhibitors of transport in Penicillium chrysogenum.
  • (19) It added that the crisis had highlighted significant weaknesses in financial regulation, with further measures needed to strengthen supervision.
  • (20) The radioprotective action in E. coli ATCC 9637 of ascorbate added to media containing the weak sensitizer, tetracycline (effect described by Pittillo and Lucas (1967)), was found to be dependent on the presence of metal catalysts of the autoxidation of ascorbate.

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