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uprightly

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up·right  (prt)
adj.
1.
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.
adv.
Vertically: walk upright.
n.
1. A perpendicular position; verticality.
2. Something, such as a goalpost, that stands upright.
3. An upright piano.
tr.v. up·right·ed, up·right·ing, up·rights
To restore to an upright position: The tow truck uprighted the overturned tractor trailer.
uprightly adv.
uprightness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.uprightly - in an honorable manneruprightly - in an honorable manner; "he acted honorably"
honorably
2.uprightly - in an upright positionuprightly - in an upright position              
Translations
uprightly [ˈʌpˌraɪtlɪ] ADV (fig) → honradamente, rectamente
uprightly
adv → aufrecht, rechtschaffen
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Yea, this ego, with its contradiction and perplexity, speaketh most uprightly of its being--this creating, willing, evaluing ego, which is the measure and value of things.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
So the young pair shook hands upon it, and then paced happily on again, feeling that their pleasant home was more homelike because they hoped to brighten other homes, believing that their own feet would walk more uprightly along the flowery path before them, if they smoothed rough ways for other feet, and feeling that their hearts were more closely knit together by a love which could tenderly remember those less blest than they.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
And the chamberlains walked along still more uprightly, holding up the train which was not there at all.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
 
 
 
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