(v. t.) Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
(v. t.) Light or delicate; slight; thin.
(adv.) Slyly.
Example Sentences:
(1) High pressure liquid chromatography combined with radioimmunoassay showed marked heterogeneity of SPLI and SLI.
(2) Evidence of the industrial panic surfaced at Digital Britain when Sly Bailey, the chief executive of Trinity Mirror, suggested that national newspaper websites that chased big online audiences have "devalued news" , whatever that might mean.
(3) "It is incredibly hard work," she says with a sly grin.
(4) The concentration of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (SLI) was determined by specific radioimmunoassay in the cerebroventricular fluid of patients with tumours of the basal midline and compared to findings in patients with multiple sclerosis.
(5) These neurons are known to also contain somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (SLI).
(6) "Everyone calls him the Socialist Worker Padre," one bland senior cleric told me with a sly and dismissive laugh.
(7) Minimal pairs differing only in the voicing feature of the initial consonant were produced by four SLI and four language-matched NL children.
(8) We studied the effect of tetrahydroaminoacridine (THA) on cerebrospinal fluid somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (CSF-SLI) in probable Alzheimer disease (AD) patients (n = 20) who took part in an open THA treatment trial.
(9) The characteristics of children with specific language impairment (SLI) attending four language units in the north-west of England are examined.
(10) This work was undertaken to study the effect of glucose on pancreaticoduodenal and peripheral venous somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (SLI) levels in dogs.
(12) Grigson is clearly relishing the task ahead, having already toured major investors and playing a key role in the pay dispute, which ultimately resulted in Sly Bailey stepping down after a decade running the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, People and 140 regional newspapers late on Thursday.
(13) The most conspicuous feature of the elution profiles was the preponderance of the peak coeluting with synthetic somatostatin-14, whereas the peaks comigrating with synthetic somatostatin-28 and attributable to precursor-like SLI represented only minor or trace amounts of total immunoreactivity.
(14) Yet the whole thing was sly and subversive, for it whispered, see, see what you have been missing.
(15) The provision of structure in the form of thematically related toy sets, instructions, and modeling did not reduce the discrepancy between demonstrated play behaviors of toddlers with SLI-E and their normally developing peers.
(16) SLI levels were found to be significantly lower on day 4 after delivery, compared to 3-4 months later.
(17) There was a weak but statistically significant correlation between SLI values in CSF and neuropsychological test scores.
(18) The ME was microdissected for determination of SLI content.
(19) Sly Bailey, the chief executive of Trinity Mirror, said that the company made £25m in savings and would have increased adjusted operating profits year-on-year if not for a £22m rise in newsprint prices.
(20) A great interindividual variation in SLI levels was observed (a range of 0.02 to 5.30 nanograms per milligram of weight).
Sny
Definition:
(n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Both the percentage of premature deaths and the number of YPLL per death were greater among SNI members compared with NYS residents.
(2) Results from this investigation will contribute to the understanding of patterns of malignant disease mortality among native peoples and may be of benefit for monitoring the impact of cancer mortality among the SNI and other Native American groups.
(3) Heart disease, digestive diseases, and malignant neoplasms also represented important contributors to YPLL for both SNI males and females.
(4) Using pseudorecombinants constructed between Fny-CMV and Sny-CMV we have mapped to RNA 1 the ability to support the efficient replication of WL1-sat RNA in zucchini squash.
(5) The secret police - originally known as the Dina and from 1977 as the SNI - was staffed by service personnel and helped Pinochet to torture and kill opponents.
(6) None of these SNI neurons showed tyrosine hydroxylase-like immunoreactivity.
(7) This study investigated patterns of mortality among a Native American tribe, the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI).
(8) But wait, SNY in New York reports that Dr Gross was once reprimanded by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners for a violation relating to his work with the Active Center for Health and Wellness, which included prescribing testosterone, a matter that the doctor says was closed and has nothing to do with A-Rod.
(9) SNI neurons sending their axons to the IC were distributed throughout the entire rostrocaudal extent of the SNI.
(10) A review of SNI necrology records revealed that 55 percent (510 of 924) of the deaths between 1955 and 1984 occurred before 65 years of age.
(11) Almost one-half of all YPLL among the SNI were attributable to accidents and injuries.
(12) This in the very same week that it was revealed that Paul DePodesta, the team's vice-president of player development and amateur scouting, allegedly said three years ago :“I’m tired of hearing about the ‘86 Mets.” That statement apparently caused friction between team alumni and management, but regardless, several of the 86ers signed the letter, including the beloved Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling, both of whom happen to work for SNY, the network which broadcasts most of New York's games, and is partially owned by, you guessed it, the Mets.
(13) The substantia nigra pars lateralis (SNI) of the rat was found, by the anterograde and retrograde tracing methods, to send projection fibers to the peripheral shell region surrounding the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (IC), bilaterally with a clear-cut ipsilateral dominance.
(14) SNI males demonstrated an increased risk of premature death (odds ratio = 1.43) relative to SNI females.
(15) This study compares cancer incidence among the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) between 1955 and 1984 with cancer incidence patterns exhibited by the general population of New York State (NYS), exclusive of New York City.
(16) The cohort for this study consisted of all members of the SNI enrolled on January 1, 1955 and residing in NYS (N = 3262).
(17) This study compared cancer mortality among the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) between 1955 and 1984 with cancer patterns exhibited by the general population of New York State (NYS), exclusive of New York City.
(18) The Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) is a Native American group residing primarily in western New York State (NYS).
(19) Decreased cancer incidence was observed for all sites combined with SNI males exhibiting 64% of expected incidence and females exhibiting 53% of expected incidence.
(20) Two strains of CMV were used in this study: Fny-CMV, which replicates the WL1-sat RNA efficiently in all hosts tested; and Sny-CMV, which does not replicate the WL1-sat RNA to detectable levels in zucchini squash (Cucurbita pepo), but does replicate WL1-sat RNA efficiently in other hosts.