Definition for UP-RIGHT'LY

UP-RIGHT'LY, adv.

  1. In a direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; in an erect position.
  2. Honestly; with strict observance of rectitude; as, to live uprightly. Dryden. He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely. Prov. x.

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