Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uprightly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
up-right-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an upright manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English upright Middle English -ly English -ly English uprightly From upright + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more uprightly (comparative) most uprightly (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does uprightly mean?
In an upright manner.
Where does uprightly come from?
Etymology tree English upright Middle English -ly English -ly English uprightly From upright + -ly.

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