up´right´ly

up´right´ly
up|right «UHP RYT, uhp RYT», adjective, adverb, noun, verb.
–adj.
1. standing, sitting, or set up straight; erect: »

an upright post, a person upright in a chair.

2. Figurative. morally good; honest; righteous: »

a thoroughly honest and upright person.

–adv.
straight up; in a vertical position: »

Humans walk upright on two feet.

–n.
1. a vertical or upright position.
2. something standing erect; vertical part or piece.
3. = upright piano. (Cf. ↑upright piano)
4. U.S. one of the goal posts in football.
–v.t.
to raise to an upright position: »

to upright a rowboat.

╂[Old English upriht]
–up´right´ly, adverb.
–up´right´ness, noun.
Synonym Study adjective. 1 Upright, erect mean straight up. Upright literally means standing up straight on a base or in a position that is straight up and down: »

After the earthquake not a lamp or chair was upright.

Erect means held or set upright, not stooping or bent: »

At seventy she is still erect.


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