vpright

Adjective

upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)

1. Vertical; erect.
   • Fab[ell]: What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ſtrikes my hart! // My ſtiffned haire ſtands vpright on my head, // As doe the briſtles of a porcupine.1608, William Shakespeare, The merry Deuill of Edmonton, introduction, lines 1-4

   Synonyms:

   orthograde, surrect

2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
   • My brother didn't get angry when his son knocked over the lamp; he simply called the boy over and helped him set it upright again.
3. Greater in height than breadth.
4. (figuratively) Of good morals; reliable and trustworthy; practicing ethical values.
   • There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 1:1
5. Having a head at approximately a right angle with the shaft.
6. Characterized by a style of running with the head and shoulders held high.
   • He's an upright runner.

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