What's the difference between overly and overtly?

Overly


Definition:

  • (a.) Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough.
  • (a.) Excessive; too much.
  • (adv.) In an overly manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Irradiation of the skin overlying the median nerve at the wrist in humans with a low power (1 mW; 632.5 nm) helium-neon laser produced a somatosensory evoked potential obtained at Erb's point.
  • (2) Moreover, the mucoid substances of the sensillum lymph are probably involved in water conservation, since sensilla are prone to water loss, because the overlying cuticle must be permeable to the chemical stimuli.
  • (3) These injections led to epidermal hyperplasia in areas overlying the irritant and the effect was most significant when the irritant was placed in the upper dermis.
  • (4) Eight of 47 LSNs overlying the posterior superior iliac spines (PSIS) were tender.
  • (5) We conclude that: (1) two of the previously proposed criteria for diagnosis of entrainment (fixed fusion on the surface electrocardiogram and a first postpacing interval equal to the paced cycle length) are overly restrictive criteria for definition of "entrainment" of VT, (2) analysis of endocardial recordings from the site of origin of tachycardia during attempted entrainment of VT is useful for documenting the presence of entrainment, and (3) such analysis provides a basis for the understanding of surface electrocardiographic phenomenon associated with entrainment.
  • (6) The rapidity of obtaining the results (within one hour), the complete absence of untoward reactions to the radiopharmaceuticals, the much lower frequency of subtle or indeterminate results, the ability to render useful information in the presence of moderate jaundice and the lack of interference from overlying intestinal contents establishes these radionuclide agents as superior to both radiographic oral and intravenous cholangiography in the investigation of the acute abdomen.
  • (7) Rather, the two participated in a clever spoof of the show’s overly serious and die-hard tone.
  • (8) At the former site the membrane overlying the bud showed an electron opaque thickening which imparted to the mature particle an asymmetrical appearance.
  • (9) An autopsy case of a 62-year-old woman with a poorly differentiated, aggressive form of adenoid squamous cell carcinoma arising in the skin overlying the right breast was studied.
  • (10) Porous polyethylene was thus better incorporated into the soft tissues than silicone rubber as long as the overlying soft tissues were not stressed by an oversized implant or inadequate soft tissue coverage.
  • (11) The interconnected central lacteals in the villi overlying the interfollicular area were connected with the lymphatic plexus in the area.
  • (12) The overally mortality in the first 24 hrs after the cardiac catheterisation for the first year of life was 1.83%.
  • (13) An overly bureaucratic approach to midwifery is not just letting mothers down – it's putting the whole profession under strain.
  • (14) In the latter case, the movement of lectin-receptor complexes occurs from membrane overlying peripheral microtubules into filament-rich pseudopods that exclude microtubules.
  • (15) Four grades of pressure can be recognized on the basis of pathophysiology of soft tissue breakdown overlying bony prominences.
  • (16) Sebum excretion rate measurements overlying an open comedone (blackhead) were significantly lower than those obtained from normal skin.
  • (17) It occurred when granular pneumocytes re-epithelialized along the luminal surface of intra-alveolar debris overlying denuded alveolar epithelial basal laminae.
  • (18) An antepartum diagnosis of vasa previa was considered in a patient in whom ultrasound revealed pulsatile loops of cord overlying the cervical os.
  • (19) A high proportion of these sebaceous tumors (69%) exhibited specifically-associated hyperplasia of the overlying epidermis.
  • (20) Histochemical methods disclose that the enzyme is originally located at the tip of the head but subsequently remains with the surface overlying the mitochondrion during translocation.

Overtly


Definition:

  • (adv.) Publicly; openly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) None of the animals injected with either CD4+ or CD8+ T cells became overtly diabetic during the 30 days of observation whereas 8 of 23 mice inoculated with a mixture of the two subsets developed glycosuria and hyperglycemia.
  • (2) In contrast, albino rats and rabbits failed to succumb to overt disease by subcutaneous and intraperitoneal routes of inoculation.
  • (3) Overt hemorrhage, major or minor, was assessed clinically.
  • (4) The recorded APs were further subdivided into those exhibiting consistent antegrade conduction during sinus rhythm (overt APs: 50 left APs, eight right APs), those exhibiting intermittent antegrade conduction (intermittent APs: six left APs, two right APs), and those exhibiting only retrograde conduction (concealed APs: 33 left APs, two right APs).
  • (5) Of 55 new open reading frames analysed by gene disruption, three are essential genes; of 42 non-essential genes that were tested, 14 show some discernible effect on phenotype and the remaining 28 have no overt function.
  • (6) It is theoretically possible that in patients with overt CHF, drug treatment may not alter prognosis.
  • (7) This is suggested by the fact that patients with overt hyperparathyroidism are protected from developing aluminum-related bone disease even when they are given large parenteral loads of aluminum.
  • (8) Cable news channels like Fox News and CNN carried the address, and some of the networks carried it on their digital platforms, but a network insider told Politico on Thursday the speech’s content was too “overtly political” to broadcast.
  • (9) These do not concur with clinical experience but the figures for overt resistance, at 39% and 69%, correspond with expected non-responders to these regimes.
  • (10) It is important to appreciate that metabolic alterations are more severe in those patients with overt pulmonary insufficiency and that the metabolic response does not appear to be directly related to the severity of skeletal injury.
  • (11) Criteria for selective measurement of cholesterol concentration in cardiovascular screening programmes identify about three quarters of patients with the clinically overt condition.
  • (12) The present study demonstrated that delayed administration of a marine lipid diet, 25% menhaden oil (MO) by weight, until after the onset of overt renal disease, also resulted in significant improvement in rates of mortality, proteinuria, and histologic evidence of glomerular injury, compared with control animals fed a diet that contained mostly saturated fatty acids, 25% beef tallow.
  • (13) A more aggressive treatment with cytostatic drugs is suggested in the progressive form of the disease of younger patients and in patients with overt acute leukaemia.
  • (14) This study includes nine patients with a megakaryoblastic crisis in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), four with acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AM) and three with myeloid dysplasia later evolving into overt acute leukemia.
  • (15) In this study we measured plasma carnitine in a third group, alcoholic patients without overt liver disease.
  • (16) IDDM patients with incipient and overt nephropathy have been found to exhibit an overactivity of RBC sodium-lithium countertransport.
  • (17) To investigate atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and its relationship to the renin system in diabetes, we measured plasma immunoreactive ANF and plasma renin activity (PRA) in 27 non-ketotic diabetic patients without evidence of cardiac or overt renal disease, and compared them with 26 age- and sex-matched normal subjects.
  • (18) Failure to isolate bacteria and the lack of overt inflammation during periods of remission suggested that the bacteria were not in the gland cistern but within gland tissue.
  • (19) TRH-TSH test enables to detect disorders of hypophyseal-thyroidal regulation characteristic for both overt and masked hyperthyroidism.
  • (20) Using two different assay systems to distinguish between overt and inner forms of carnitine palmitoyl transferase (CPT, EC 2.3.1.21) of intact guinea-pig liver mitochondria, we have shown that the hypoglycemic agent 2-(3-methylcinnamylhydrazono)-propionate (BM 42.304) inhibits the activity of carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase of liver mitochondria.

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