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单词 uprightness
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uprightnessn.

Brit. /ˈʌprʌɪtnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈəpˌraɪtnᵻs/
Etymology: < upright adj. + -ness suffix.
1.
a. The state or condition of being sincere, honest, or just; equity or justness in respect of principle or practice; upright quality or conduct; moral integrity or rectitude.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun]
doomc825
righteOE
evennessOE
lawc1175
righteouslaikc1175
judgementc1300
righteousheada1325
justice1340
rightfulnessa1387
justnessc1443
fairnessc1450
rightfulhoodc1475
rightheada1500
uprightness1541
righteoushood1543
rightship1793
just-mindedness1838
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun]
righteousnesseOE
rightnessOE
justice1340
rightfulnessa1350
right wiseness1447
justnessc1450
droiture1483
rectitude1509
uprightness1541
erectness1646
principle1653
right-mindedness1767
perpendicular1823
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun]
heartliness1435
singleness1526
fidelity1534
unfeignedness1535
sincereness1537
uprightness1541
integrity1548
entireness1549
sincerity1557
reality1616
realty1619
single-heartedness1642
plain-heartedness1647
single-mindedness1833
genuineness1841
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xii. f. 22 He loued Syncerytie, vulgarly called vprightnesse.
1571 Act 13 Eliz. c. 11 §2 Any..Subjectes using upryghtnes and trueth in the barrelling of such Fishe.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 242 Agricola..caryed himselfe easily with great vprightnes and iustice.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vii. 1553 They of my uprightnesse judge amisse.
1668 J. Owen Nature Indwelling-sin vi. 72 Accordingly his design is to walk before God, and his frame is sincerity and uprightness therein.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 92 Those who preserve their Uprightness,..raise themselves to a more secure State of Virtue.
1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. vi. 192 A canted uprightness and seeming piety.
1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty vii, in Prometheus Unbound 212 Many a deed of terrible uprightness By thy sweet love was sanctified.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 60 Veracity, uprightness, and manly boldness were then, as now, qualities eminently English.
1879 R. K. Douglas Confucianism iii. 72 The Sage..maintains a perfect uprightness and pursues the heavenly way without the slightest deflection.
b. Const. of (conduct, etc.).
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1560 Bible (Geneva) 1 Kings iii. 6 He walked..in vprightnes of heart with thee.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Sulpicius in Panoplie Epist. 22 Modestie of life and uprightnesse of manners.
?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. A 4 Diuers of worship haue reported, his vprightnes of dealing.
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 42 The uprightnesse of his ways.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvii. 152 Cleared by the Uprightnesse of his own Intention.
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians Ded. The uprightness of my intentions as to the information here given.
1795 Gentleman's Mag. 65 543/1 Integrity of heart and uprightness of intention.
1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 393 [He] was distinguished by..great uprightness of conduct.
2. The state or character of being erect, vertical, or upright; erect or vertical attitude; erectness.
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the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > condition of being vertical or upright
bolt-uprightnessc1405
perpendicularness1606
uprightness1645
erectness1646
verticality1799
verticalism1860
1645 E. Waller Chloris in Poems 180 So the fayre tree..In stormes from that uprightnesse swerves.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Derechura, straightness, uprightness.
1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. lxxix. 114 The uprightness of the pilaster.
a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. vi. 110 Mrs. Croft..had a squareness, uprightness, and vigour of form. View more context for this quotation
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xix. 143 The poor things had lost their uprightness.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Mar. 7/1 The rigid uprightness of his collars.
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