(n.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal.
(n.) A lively, spirited young girl.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three unusual ovarian abnormalities are presented, a large, oestrogen-producing granulosa cell tumour, an oestrogen-producing large follicle in a 4-month-old filly, and an ectopic progesterone-producing adrenal structure bordering on neoplasia.
(2) The filly did not respond to glucocorticoid treatment and was euthanatized.
(3) After 5 weeks rest in a stall and 11 months at pasture, the filly was trained and raced without lameness.
(4) Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was diagnosed in a 2-year-old Standardbred filly.
(5) Intramuscular hemangiosarcoma resulting in severe anemia and thrombocytopenia was diagnosed in a 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly.
(6) The phenotypic effects in a yearling Arab filly of a newly described equine autosomal trisomy syndrome for chromosome 30 (65,XX,+30) consisted of small size and severe angular deviation of front legs accompanied by mild polydactyly, but no mental dullness.
(7) A 6-month-old Clydesdale filly had chronic abdominal distention and intermittent febrile episodes.
(8) A 6-month-old 300-kg Quarter Horse filly was treated for septic arthritis of the distal interphalangeal joint and septic navicular bursitis that developed as a result of a deep puncture to the foot.
(9) Group-1 fillies also had markedly high serum creatine kinase activity.
(10) Height, girth and circumference of the cannon bone below the knee were recorded, measurements for colts and fillies are shown separately.
(11) Samples from each of 239 clinically normal mares and 30 colts and fillies believed not to have been exposed to CEMO were negative with titres of less than 256, the majority of samples (97 per cent) showing a titre of 32 or less.
(12) During exploratory surgery, 3.5 and 2.0 meters of thickened terminal small intestine were removed from the colt and filly respectively, and a jejunocecostomy performed.
(13) No significant sex difference was found between colts, geldings and fillies.
(14) A fusion defect of the proximal and middle phalanges of both hindlimbs, osteochondrosis dissecans of the distal interphalangeal joints of the forelimbs, and subluxation of all 4 distal interphalangeal joints occurred in a Standardbred filly.
(15) A 2-year old Thoroughbred filly was examined for a 1-month history of persistent nasal discharge.
(16) Itraconazole, a tricyclic azole effective against a number of deep mycotic diseases, was used to treat a Quarter Horse filly with coccidioidomycosis.
(17) The screws were removed after 11 months because the filly became lame in the affected limb.
(18) The study demonstrated marked fluctuations in serum muscle enzyme concentrations which were more pronounced in two-year-old fillies than three-year-old fillies and colts.
(19) The clinical and ophthalmoscopic features of a congenital coloboma of the lens in a 3 year old Hanoverian stallion and of an ectopic lens in a 6-month old Hanoverian filly are described and depicted.
(20) Severe mitral regurgitation developed secondary to scarring of the valve, which resulted in the filly's death.
Silly
Definition:
(n.) Happy; fortunate; blessed.
(n.) Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.
(n.) Weak; helpless; frail.
(n.) Rustic; plain; simple; humble.
(n.) Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.
(n.) Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.
Example Sentences:
(1) We just hope that … maybe she’s gone to see her friend, talk some sense into her,” Renu said, adding that Shamima “knew that it was a silly thing to do” and that she did not know why her friend had done it.
(2) And Myers is cautioned after a silly block 3.21am GMT 54 mins Besler with a long-throw for SKC but it's cleared.
(3) As if to prove her silly dilettantism, when a journalist asked Dasha about her favourite artists, she replied, "I'm, like, really bad at remembering names."
(4) Some of them, pulled together for the manifesto, are silly, or doomed, or simply there for shock value - information points in the form of holograms of Dixon of Dock Green, the legalisation of soft drugs, official brothels opposite Westminster, complete with division bells.
(5) I am of a similar vintage and, like many friends and fans of the series, bemoan the fact that we are generally treated by society as silly, weak, daft, soppy, prejudiced (even bigoted), risk-averse and wary of new situations.
(6) I had more fun with Matt Winning , delivering a silly set on the Free Fringe imagining himself the son of Robert Mugabe.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest In an essay for the Hollywood Reporter, Camille Paglia writes that Swift promotes a ‘silly, regressive public image’.
(8) His selection on Twitter, he added, was “all in no particular order, off the top of my head, and the most incomplete of lists”, put together in response to Talese’s “silliness”.
(9) As soon as they saw how serious it was, they switched from being my silly, fun friends into being the most reliable and amazing people.
(10) They were all young, and it was a party house, devoted to games of hide and seek, music, silly practical jokes and food fights in the drawing room.
(11) As a result, one or two wrote some rather silly things in their reports,” Wilshaw said.
(12) ‘Silly things said by a silly man’ To be honest I really don’t care what BoJo says.
(13) People usually don't make silly, careless mistakes when they're motivated and working in a positive environment.
(14) Watching “our lads” pretending to mouth questionable lyrics about God giving the Queen near-immortal life, and her being the victor when she’s not really of fighting age, is silly.
(15) Imagine my relief this week then, when I found out that I can now let go of all my silly gay politics.
(16) We have referees who are unfamiliar with that silly "Goaltender Interference" technicality.
(17) The syndrome he described--a psychosis of early onset with a deteriorating course characterized by a "silly" affect, behavioral peculiarities, and formal thought disorder--not only adumbrated Kraepelin's generic category of dementia praecox but quite specifically defined the later subtype of hebephrenic, or disorganized, schizophrenia as well.
(18) "But they're so silly that I must say I never found them intimidating."
(19) Just as certain songs become inextricably associated in our minds with certain eras (before the invention of iPods, that is, after which everyone could walk around every day with all the songs in the world on shuffle), so too do silly trends.
(20) In 2014, she began working as a writer at Late Night with Seth Meyers; her first standup spot on that show began with a joke that typified both her silliness and confidence.