up·right

(ŭp′rīt′)

adj.

a. Being in a vertical position or direction: an upright post. See Synonyms at vertical.

b. Erect in posture or carriage: "She sat with grim determination, upright as a darning needle stuck in a board" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

2. Adhering strictly to moral principles; righteous.

3. Designed with the pedals below the seat to allow an erect posture rather than a reclining one: an upright bike.

adv.

Vertically: walk upright.

1. A perpendicular position; verticality.

2. Something, such as a goalpost, that stands upright.

3. An upright piano.

4. An upright bicycle.

tr.v. up·right·ed, up·right·ing, up·rights

To restore to an upright position: The tow truck uprighted the overturned tractor trailer.

up′right′ly adv.

up′right′ness n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	uprightness - the property of being upright in posture erectness stance - standing posture
	2.	uprightness - position at right angles to the horizon verticality, verticalness, erectness spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
	3.	uprightness - righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest rectitude righteousness - adhering to moral principles

uprightness

noun

The quality or state of being morally sound:

good, goodness, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, virtue, virtuousness.

Translations

droiture

uprightness

[ˈʌpˌraɪtnɪs] N (fig) → honradez f, rectitud f

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uprightness

n → Rechtschaffenheit f

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Mrs Croft, though neither tall nor fat, had a squareness, uprightness, and vigour of form, which gave importance to her person.

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Swift."* But with all his uprightness and breadth he was neither devout nor reverent.

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'Of course,' said Mr Merdle, 'there must be the strictest integrity and uprightness in these transactions; there must be the purest faith between man and man; there must be unimpeached and unimpeachable confidence; or business could not be carried on.'

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On his tombstone, too, the record is highly eulogistic; nor does history, so far as he holds a place upon its page, assail the consistency and uprightness of his character.

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Brocklehurst, who, from his wealth and family connections, could not be overlooked, still retained the post of treasurer; but he was aided in the discharge of his duties by gentlemen of rather more enlarged and sympathising minds: his office of inspector, too, was shared by those who knew how to combine reason with strictness, comfort with economy, compassion with uprightness. The school, thus improved, became in time a truly useful and noble institution.

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So spake the false dissembler unperceivd; For neither Man nor Angel can discern Hypocrisie, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through Heav'n and Earth: And oft though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdoms Gate, and to simplicitie Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems: Which now for once beguil'd URIEL, though Regent of the Sun, and held The sharpest sighted Spirit of all in Heav'n; Who to the fraudulent Impostor foule In his uprightness answer thus returnd.

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I am the man as is guaranteed, by unimpeachable references, to be a out-and-outer in morals and uprightness of principle.

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I owe everything I possess, solely to the disinterestedness, uprightness, tenderness, goodness (there are no words to satisfy me) of Mr and Mrs Boffin.

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I do not value chiefly a man's uprightness and benevolence, which are, as it were, his stem and leaves.

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Madame Saillard's face, despite its wrinkles, was expressive of obstinacy and severity, narrowness of ideas, an uprightness that might be called quadrangular, a religion without piety, straightforward, candid avarice, and the peace of a quiet conscience.

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Many sickly ones have there always been among those who muse, and languish for God; violently they hate the discerning ones, and the latest of virtues, which is uprightness.

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The proof of this proposition turns upon the greater degree of influence which the State governments if they administer their affairs with uprightness and prudence, will generally possess over the people; a circumstance which at the same time teaches us that there is an inherent and intrinsic weakness in all federal constitutions; and that too much pains cannot be taken in their organization, to give them all the force which is compatible with the principles of liberty.

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