Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at checkley.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Checkley.
Examples
-
Checkley cited the protagonist of The Incredible Charlie Carewe, a novel by Mary Astor, as a quintessential psychopath.
Textbook descriptions of George Bush reveal psychopathy, and much worse. 2008
-
Checkley, in Staffordshire, my quondam chamber-fellow, and late fellow student in Christ Church, Oxon.
-
In early youth, as has been stated, Sir Piers professed the faith of Rome, but shortly after the death of his beautiful mistress -- or wife, as it might be --, having quarreled with his father's confessor, Checkley, he publicly abjured his heresies.
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
-
Checkley had been brought before the body of Susan Rookwood.
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
-
Checkley vowed her destruction, and he kept his vow.
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
-
But though too weak to guide, he was a pliant instrument, and this Checkley knew.
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
-
Whatever suspicions were attached to Sir Piers were quieted by Checkley, who distributed gold, largely and discreetly.
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
-
Joan Checkley, now 61, said she and her sister had been fearful about the care he was getting and checked his medical chart every day - but did not know until after his death that codes indicated medication was not being administered.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Laura Donnelly 2011
-
Checkley and his colleagues wanted to see if by adding vitamin A to kids' or pregnant women's diets, they might lower the children's risk of asthma.
-
"We're kind of narrowing down what the effect of vitamin A is," said Dr. William Checkley, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who worked on the study.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.