He was attractive in an antiseptically asexual way. From Wordnik.com. [Not the End of the World]
The air was moist and antiseptically cold against her face. From Wordnik.com. [The Bonesetter's Daughter]
Place was like a monastery, antiseptically clean, few personal items. From Wordnik.com. [Break No Bones]
The hospital room was white and dull and antiseptically dead. From Wordnik.com. [True Love and the Giraffe] Reference
And you guys on the left want to strip away all context and view this antiseptically. From Wordnik.com. ["I've heard him express regret at the contents of the memo."] Reference
Like Wicksell, my purpose was ultimately normative rather than antiseptically scientific. From Wordnik.com. [James M. Buchanan Jr. - Prize Lecture] Reference
Mary is a brain surgeon who deals cleanly, antiseptically in the grey matter of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [Writing from the Contact Zone: Posthumanism in literature and theory] Reference
The scene, not the most dynamic in Watchmen, is presented accurately, if somewhat antiseptically. From Wordnik.com. [Who Watches The Watchmen Fan Films? | Fan Cinema Today] Reference
What she found was an antiseptically clean room, witfi cats in separate cages, most of them asleep. From Wordnik.com. [the deer leap]
After abscesses and bruises are opened, treat them antiseptically by washing with a solution of Carbolic. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
And, just as Xiong had remembered, the entire ship looked immaculate and smelled sweetly, antiseptically clean. From Wordnik.com. [Reap the Whirlwind] Reference
He had walked into the antiseptically tasteful lobby in the late afternoon, when the place appeared to be deserted, and booked a room. From Wordnik.com. [Not the End of the World]
And as a person in the Justice Department, justice has to be antiseptically clean in terms of the way it works in regard to its operation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 20, 2002] Reference
For example, if you get sick you're insurance is quite likely to be dropped -- an action the insurance companies antiseptically call "rescission.". From Wordnik.com. [William Fisher: A Simpleton Tries to Understand the Health Care Debate] Reference
I have seen what is antiseptically known as collateral damage from this war in two unlikely places: the city of Paris and the countryside of rural Punjab. From Wordnik.com. [Mira Kamdar: Afghanistan: Collateral Damage From Paris to Punjab] Reference
This was perhaps the most opaque, elaborately qualified, antiseptically cleansed and institutionally begged-off story ever published by a major newspaper anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [David Bromwich: Hezbollah Is in Iran, Michael Gordon Says American Officials Say] Reference
An opening sufficiently large to admit of free drainage (about the size of a half a crown-piece) is made, the wounds antiseptically dressed, and the hobbles removed. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
"But many people I know don't buy into the notion that wars which need to be won can be fought as antiseptically as people who are against the war claim they should be.". From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
In order to restore that credibility, we have to end the practice of hiding opaque derivatives in invisible accounts antiseptically labeled "Structured Investment Vehicles.". From Wordnik.com. [Biden To Wall-Street-Friendly Democrats: The Middle Class Comes First] Reference
He has a tendency -- the president has a tendency to be a little bit dispassionate at times so his natural inclination is to look intellectual, to look at things antiseptically. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2010] Reference
She splashed her face, dried off on the limp blue to welling that spooled forth un antiseptically from a dispenser, and leaned against the grey wall upon which the dispenser hung. From Wordnik.com. [In the Presence of the Enemy]
Babies were not reared antiseptically, but just so. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking of Operations] Reference
He even alluded antiseptically and briefly to some US mistakes of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Bulatlat] Reference
The dressing should then be removed, the wound treated antiseptically, and a sterilized dressing applied. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
If this does not clear it up within twenty-four hours, go to a doctor and have him treat it antiseptically. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Health] Reference
They also did nothing to enforce the idea that programs should antiseptically remove all traces of themselves in the registry. From Wordnik.com. [Lockergnome] Reference
Or, if its progress is slow, and grave systemic disturbance be present, the whole part may be incised and curetted, and then treated antiseptically. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
"Rapunzel" - I saw the 3-D version - is fastidious, operating on a slightly antiseptically pristine palette and design, heavy on the bluebell and lavender. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
The president has a tendency to be a little bit dispassionate at times so his natural inclination is to look intellectual, to look at things antiseptically. From Wordnik.com. [Hotline On Call] Reference
Jagged remnants of teeth should be removed, all suppurative processes of the gums antiseptically treated, and the whole mouth-parts kept in a thoroughly aseptic condition. From Wordnik.com. [Preventable Diseases] Reference
"Skeeter's mother was too busy making lists and making certain he was antiseptically clean again to notice his long, still silences. From Wordnik.com. [Wagers of Sin]
Is it possible to listen antiseptically?. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
It was antiseptically clean and obsessively tidy. From Wordnik.com. [Running Blind]
Mine are all cut and antiseptically dried. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening] Reference
Back to the antiseptically cleaned, air-conditioned, comfortable, modern. From Wordnik.com. [Knowledge is Power] Reference
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