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ˈuppishly, adv.
[f. uppish a. + -ly2.]
a. Cricket. Of the ball, etc.: in a slightly upward direction, esp. so as to give some chance of a catch.
1904P. F. Warner How we recovered Ashes 109 Just after he had passed his hundred, he sent one uppishly through the slips. 1955A. Ross Australia 55 137 Hutton..then turned Archer a shade uppishly through the short⁓legs. 1963Times 11 Jan. 10/6 Guest..drew one false stroke out of Dexter which went uppishly past gully.
b. In an uppish (sense 2 d) manner.
1911G. B. Shaw Blanco Posnet Pref. 307 The majority of the Committee began by taking its work uppishly and carelessly. 1960M. Spark Ballad Peckham Rye vii. 141 ‘Miss Merle Coverdale, one of my unofficial helpers,’ Dougal said uppishly. 1981Times Lit. Suppl. 26 June 727/2 Rowland Lacy, wooer of the uppishly poised Rose. |