(adv.) In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a variety of sense. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Denoting concession or admission; as, indeed, you are right. (c) Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning is not intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which it accompanies.
Example Sentences:
(1) In spite of important differences in size, chemical composition, polymer density, and configuration, biological macromolecules indeed manifest some of the essential physical-chemical properties of gels.
(2) If, indeed, there is an immunologic basis for pre-eclampsia, it is more subtle than the methodology used in this study is capable of detecting.
(3) "Indeed, there was a marked drop in sentiment in Germany , indicating that it is increasingly being affected by the problems elsewhere in the eurozone."
(4) In clinical situations on donor sites and grafted full-thickness burn wounds, the PEU film indeed prevented fluid accumulation and induced the formation of a "red" coagulum underneath.
(5) Indeed, the nationalist and religious right bloc merely held steady , gaining just one seat.
(6) Passive avoidance performance of HO-DIs was, indeed, influenced by the age of the subject at the time of testing; HO-DIs reentered the shock compartment sooner than HE at 35 days, but later than HE at 120 days.
(7) To confirm this, ALA-S activity was then directly measured in intact reticulocytes, and it was shown that ethanol indeed inhibited its activity.
(8) However, MPA did not enhance survival when given concurrently with radiotherapy; indeed, at the higher of these two doses, median survival of tumor-bearers was slightly less than with radiotherapy alone.
(9) Indeed, several lines of evidence suggest that intravenous anaesthetics are thought to induce loss of consciousness by blocking the excitatory synaptic transmission.
(10) The ability to demonstrate selective augmentation of the functional matrix-associated receptor population, and our recent results showing that gonadotropes are indeed the responsive cells (Singh P, Muldoon TG, unpublished observations) speak to the specificity and relevance of these findings.
(11) A significant correlation with blocking activity was seen only for antibodies of the IgG4 subclass, and, indeed, the correlation was especially strong in the group of totally asymptomatic patients (but with microfilariae circulating in the blood) in whom blocking antibody levels were highest.
(12) However, it should be stressed that none of these mechanisms is mutually exclusive; indeed, the enormous complexity of tumor promotion suggests that several of the mechanisms discussed above may very well be interrelated.
(13) These can lead to communications blackouts around the Earth and produce aurorae; indeed, there have been several nice displays over recent weeks.
(14) If arene oxide intermediate metabolites are indeed involved in the toxicity of MHT and nirvanol, R-PEH may represent a safer alternative.
(15) While the mechanism of TGF beta action is not clear, A-II probably is acting through protein kinase C. Indeed the protein kinase C activating phorbol ester, TPA, mimicked the inhibitory effects of A-II on 3 beta HSD and P450(17 alpha).
(16) Indeed, with the pageantry already knocked off the top of the news by reports from Old Trafford, the very idea of a cohesive coalition programme about anything other than cuts looks that bit harder to sustain.
(17) Indeed, the BBC’s own recent Digital Media Initiative was closed by Tony Hall, having lost £100m.” The document is entitled “BBC3: An Alternative Strategy – Realising Value for the Licence Payer”.
(18) Indeed, high synthesis of IL-2 was more frequent in patients with long-standing disease than in recent onset diabetics: 44% and 7%, respectively.
(19) A bit like the old Lib Dems, perhaps: and indeed the Greens owe a big chunk of their surge to the exodus of voters from Clegg’s discredited rump.
(20) The budget red book contained a chart which suggested that the rich were indeed facing a bigger hit than anyone else, and Liberal Democrats were today pointing to this to justify the austerity package.
Iwis
Definition:
(adv.) Indeed; truly. See Ywis.
Example Sentences:
(1) A disturbance in contraction of RV was observed only in cases with IWI of LV.
(2) For the hearing impaired group, the combined ECochG-ABR approach allowed for the identification of N1 and measurement of the N1-V IWI in all subjects.
(3) The prime minister was addressing a tourism conference when he made a reference to the dispute and said: "The good news was that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi , which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been the dinner, which wouldn't have been quite so attractive."
(4) Identification of wave I and measurement of the I-V interwave interval (IWI) are important parameters of the auditory brain stem response (ABR).
(5) John Key's remark – which he described as "a light-hearted joke" – further soured relations with the Tuhoe iwi , or tribe.
(6) The prime minister was addressing a tourism conference when he made a reference to an ongoing dispute between the government and the Tuhoe iwi rooted in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Britain and Maori chiefs.
(7) The good news was that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their neighbouring iwi , which is Tuhoe, in which case I would have been the dinner, which wouldn’t have been quite so attractive.” ‘I’ve had a vasectomy’ Facebook Twitter Pinterest For those who were unaware of, or had happily forgotten about, the time the prime minister brought up his vasectomy at a press conference: apologies.
(8) Tamati Kruger, a Tuhoe negotiator, told Radio New Zealand the remark was in poor taste, and that the relationship between the iwi and Key was getting worse every day.
(9) In the present study, tympanic ECochG was combined with conventional ABR to compare the amplitude and sensitivity of N1, wave I, and wave V in normally hearing subjects, and to identify the N1-V IWI in hearing impaired subjects whose conventional ABRs did not contain a reliable wave I.
(10) Four groups of pts were formed according to localization of left ventricular damage: group I (24 PTS) without myocardial infarction, group II (17 pts) with anterior wall infarction (AWI), group III (9pts) with inferior wall infarction (IWI), and group IV (8 pts) with AW and IWI.