upright
adjective
erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
uprightly
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a word derived from
upright.
Example Sentences
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He walked uprightly at liberty under a $10,000-bond profferred by his congregation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The corporation responded by choosing the State Street Research & Management Co., of which Cabot is a partner, but uprightly turned over the commission-rich buying and selling chores to some 100 independent brokers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her father—a poor man reclaimed from error, and knowing what it is to walk uprightly.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) by Frederick William Robinson
"Fly love, that art so sprightly, To Bonny-boots uprightly; And when in Heav'n you meet him, Say that I kindly greet him; And that his Oriana, True widow maid still followeth Diana."
You have acted well and honestly," he said, "in speaking to me thus, uprightly and honourably, and I will answer you in the same upright and honourable manner.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar Meding
