(a.) Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.
Example Sentences:
(1) The method is easy to use, non-obtrusive to the subjects, and flexible enough to allow the investigator to design studies with a wide range of experimental protocols and study parameters.
(2) The very expensive Maxxi art gallery in Rome is exceptionally challenging to anyone who might want to display art there, with sloping walls, and cavernous spaces interrupted by obtrusive ramps.
(3) Obtrusive and unobtrusive observations revealed the cough rate higher when the patient was aware of being observed than when he was unaware of being observed.
(4) A principal components analysis indicated 4 components: distress, belief strength, obtrusiveness and concern.
(5) One mechanism suggested is that they arise through obtrusion of the fetal capillaries contained within the stromal core.
(6) Among the improved approaches now becoming available are lighter, less obtrusive braces such as an orthoplast jacket molded to the individual's torso, electrostimulation of paraspinal muscles, and implantation of a rod to distract the spine.
(7) The moment they start to annoy their users with subscriptions or obtrusive ads, users can easily switch to another service or simply stop using Snapchat."
(8) So in formal styles it's not a bad idea to keep an eye open for them and to correct the obtrusive ones.
(9) Obtrusive behinds that refuse to slip quietly into sheath dresses, subside, and stay put.
(10) Learning deficits, behavioural problems and manual indexterity are most obtrusive features.
(11) Other forms of monitoring are obtrusive or inaccurate.
(12) There was a telephone on the kitchen worktop, right by my hand, but if I picked it up he would hear the bedroom extension give its little yip, and he would come out and kill me, not with a bullet but in some less obtrusive way that would not alert the neighbours and spoil his day.
(13) Pressure measuring platforms cannot do this and transducers inserted inside the shoe can be obtrusive and inaccurate.
(14) In these late cases a special speedy selection process could kick in and Johnson could take a seat less obtrusively than in a full-blown byelection.
(15) Learning deficits and impairment of manual dexterity are the most obtrusive features.
(16) The morphological appearances suggest that they are caused by the obtrusion of locally dilated segments of the fetal capillaries into the trophoblast layer.
(17) The network sampling approach was a more economical and methodologically less obtrusive means of increasing sample size of persons with desired characteristics than conventional procedures.
(18) Both obtrusive and unobtrusive measures of speech were recorded.
(19) A mechanistic process (capillary peripheralization and obtrusion into the trophoblastic epithelium) is sufficient to account for the differences observed, although the possibility that both processes operate concurrently cannot be discounted.
(20) It reduces the oxygen supply flow necessary to achieve adequate oxygen saturation, but because it requires the use of a reservoir situated under the nose, some patients find it obtrusive.
Way
Definition:
(adv.) Away.
(n.) That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.
(n.) Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
(n.) A moving; passage; procession; journey.
(n.) Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
(n.) The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
(n.) Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
(n.) Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.
(n.) Sphere or scope of observation.
(n.) Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
(n.) Progress; as, a ship has way.
(n.) The timbers on which a ship is launched.
(n.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
(n.) Right of way. See below.
(v. t.) To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
(v. i.) To move; to progress; to go.
Example Sentences:
(1) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
(2) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
(3) Although solely nociresponsive neurons are clearly likely to fill a role in the processing and signalling of pain in the conscious central nervous system, the way in which such useful specificity could be conveyed by multireceptive neurons is difficult to appreciate.
(4) Some of those drugs are able to stimulate the macrophages, even in an aspecific way, via the gut associated lymphatic tissue (GALT), that is in connection with the bronchial associated lymphatic tissue (BALT).
(5) Methanosphaera stadtmanae reduces methanol to CH4 in a similar way as Methanosarcina barkeri.
(6) However, as the same task confronts the Lib Dems, do we not now have a priceless opportunity to bring the two parties together to undertake a fundamental rethink of the way social democratic principles and policies can be made relevant to modern society.
(7) Extensive studies during recent years have shown that the interaction between hormone and membrane-bound receptor can affect the receptor characteristics in at least two ways.
(8) "What has made that worse is the disingenuous way the force has defended their actions.
(9) Patrice Evra Evra Handed a five-match international ban for his part in the France squad’s mutiny against Raymond Domenech at the 2010 World Cup, it took Evra almost a year to force his way back in.
(10) The data support the conclusion that accumulation of lipid II is responsible in some way for the hypersensitivity of delta rfbA mutants to SDS.
(11) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
(12) The way how to apply this fixator is described in details.
(13) We’re learning to store peak power in all kinds of ways: a California auction for new power supply was won by a company that uses extra solar energy to freeze ice, which then melts during the day to supply power.
(14) On the way back to Pristina later, the lawyer told me everything was fine.
(15) In differing, incomparable ways it will affect every society, industry and region in the country.
(16) Obamacare price hikes show that now is the time to be bold | Celine Gounder Read more No longer able to keep patients off their plans outright, insurers have resorted to other ways to discriminate and avoid paying for necessary treatments.
(17) While they may always be encumbered by censorship in a way that HBO is not, the success of darker storylines, antiheroes and the occasional snow zombie will not be lost in an entertainment industry desperate to maintain its share of the audience.
(18) On the other hand, as a cross-reference experiment, we developed a paper work test to do in the same way as on the VDT.
(19) The results indicated that roughly 25% of patients treated in this way will become hypothyroid after 5 years and that 85% are cured (need no further therapy during the follow-up period) using a single dose of iodine-131.
(20) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.