单词 | uprightly |
释义 | uprightlyadv. 1. a. In a just or upright manner; with strict observance of justice, honesty, or rectitude; sincerely, justly. (Frequently c1560–1590.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adverb] rightlyeOE reasonablya1325 rightfullyc1325 leefullyc1340 justlyc1384 uprightly1549 conscionably1552 justicely1865 society > morality > rightness or justice > [adverb] > fairly or equitably evenlylOE fairOE egallyc1374 upright1509 equally1526 honestly1526 uprightly1549 squarely1564 square1577 candidly1646 equitably1663 fairly1676 equably1839 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adverb] righteOE righteouslyOE justlyc1384 righteousa1400 uprightly1549 upright1601 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts xxiii. f. lxxviv Bearyng my selfe vpryghtely and with a good conscience. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E7v In times past when men dealt vprightly, and in the feare of God. 1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. x. 129 Iudge now vprightly if this be indifferent dealing. 1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour iv. iii. 27 If you uprightly love her and the prince. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 56 Betwixt the extreams of admiration and malice, 'tis hard to judge uprightly of the living. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Honestly Uprightly; justly. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 296 The first decemvirs..governed uprightly and well. 1847 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) III. 39 A man who would rule uprightly. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 454 He was sure, he said, that they had acted uprightly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] utterly?c1225 entirelya1340 faithlyc1350 without (but) feigningc1380 clearly1389 whollyc1390 unfeigninglyc1400 entirec1430 unfeigneda1469 without coloura1513 honestly1526 singly1526 unfeignedly1526 uncolourably1541 bona fide1542 frankly?1553 sincerely1560 squarely1564 uprightly1565 square1577 single-mindedly1579 undissemblinglyc1585 above board1599 fair and square1604 downright1607 downrightly1632 really1641 uncasuistly1649 honest1654 up tro1654 plain-heartedly1675 unaffectedly1677 straightforwardly1839 wholeheartedly1845 unfallaciously1852 up and down1854 single-heartedly1857 unflatteringly1874 uncynically1895 square on1963 1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 340 To declair planelie and uprychtlie the wordis and brute..of the said allegeit conspiracie. 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Aug. 53 Gloss. By Perigot who is meant, I can not vprightly say. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 439 All sic as stud uprightlie for the established discipline and fredome of the Kirk. 1620 L. Andrewes Serm. (1629) 130 Besides (to speake vprightly) one might..complaine of the privatenesse of the Angells appearing. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 13 To speak uprightly, from these Nations..have tortures of more exquisite device taken their originals. 2. In an upright position; vertically, perpendicularly. Also figurative and in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adverb] > uprightly upwardc1290 uprightsa1375 bolt uprightc1405 rect1557 uprightly1601 bolt up1638 erectly1646 up1669 the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [adverb] uprightsa1375 branta1400 straight up1535 upon straightc1540 uprightly1601 erectly1646 streck up1790 aprick1856 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 159 He..shall live in this world uprightly and in even ballance, without enclining more to one side, than unto another. 1639 J. Taylor Part Summers Trav. 46 You were never known to be drunke, and though you never walke uprightly, yet you never stumbled. a1718 T. Parnell Posthumous Wks. (1758) 9 The waters were afraid;..In heaps uprightly plac'd they learn to stand. 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. v. 84 These Pronouns..assumed a peculiar Accent of their own, which gave them the name of ὀρθοτονουμέναι, or Pronouns uprightly accented. 1826 in A. C. Hutchinson Pract. Obs. Surg. (ed. 2) 173 But I have watched him,—have seen him..walk..as uprightly as you can walk. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. §168 We found that the Sun was not floating uprightly in our sea, the plane of the ecliptic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1549 |
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