Sedley
Proper noun
Meaning
A surname.
A male given name
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAnagrams
Examples
After leaving school, Becky stays with Amelia Sedley ("Emmy"), who is a good-natured, simple-minded young girl, of a wealthy City family.
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).
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".
Amelia's father, John Sedley, becomes bankrupt.
Becky enchants Jos Sedley all over again, and Amelia is persuaded to let Becky join them.
Hoping to marry Sedley, the richest young man she has met, Becky entices him, but she fails.