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right side up

right side up adverb: in correct position with the top at the top; not upside down or inverted.

Adverb

right side up (not comparable)

  1. In correct position with the top at the top; not upside down or inverted.
    • Stood right-side-up and free of the undergarment from Hell, she was a rather attractive brunette in her early or middle thirties.1991 January, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, page 67

Antonyms of right side up

Forms of right side up

alternative formright-side-up

Questions about right side up

What does right side up mean?
Right side up means in correct position with the top at the top; not upside down or inverted.
What part of speech is right side up?
Right side up is an adverb.

Words near right side up in the dictionary

  1. right shifted
  2. right shifting
  3. right shifts
  4. right side
  5. right side out
  6. right side up
  7. right sides
  8. right smart
  9. right stochastic matrices
  10. right stochastic matrix
  11. right stuff

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