uprightly


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
upright/ˈʌprʌɪt/
adjective
  • 1 vertical; erect.

    ■ (of a piano) having vertical strings.

  • 2 greater in height than breadth.
  • 3 strictly honourable or honest.
adverb in or into an upright position. noun
  • 1 a vertical post, structure, or line.
  • 2 an upright piano.
– derivatives
uprightly adverb,
uprightness noun.
– origin OE upriht, of Gmc origin; see up, right.
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