Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UP-RIGHT'LY
UP-RIGHT'-HEART'-EDUP-RIGHT'NESS
UP-RIGHT'LY, adv.
- In a direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; in an erect position.
- Honestly; with strict observance of rectitude; as, to live uprightly. Dryden. He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely. Prov. x.
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