Proper noun
A surname.
A male given name
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAfter leaving school, Becky stays with Amelia Sedley ("Emmy"), who is a good-natured, simple-minded young girl, of a wealthy City family. Source: Internet
An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012), reviewed by David Sedley, "When Nature Got its Laws", Times Literary Supplement (12 October 2012). Source: Internet
As pointed out by Sedley, "Aristotle is happy to say (Physics II 8, 199a33-b4) without the slightest fear of blasphemy, crafts make occasional mistakes; therefore, by analogy, so can nature". Source: Internet
Amelia's father, John Sedley, becomes bankrupt. Source: Internet
Becky enchants Jos Sedley all over again, and Amelia is persuaded to let Becky join them. Source: Internet
Hoping to marry Sedley, the richest young man she has met, Becky entices him, but she fails. Source: Internet