straight-backed

Examples

• All

• In his room, there was a desk with three drawers, a good window, and a straight-backed chair.

  Fiction book (1990)

• A group of men in work boots sat in straight-backed kitchen chairs, handing a guitar back and forth.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "So she moved to the straight-backed chair by the fire."

  Fiction book (2002)

• Without a word, I nervously took a seat in the hard, straight-backed chair in front of his desk.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I sit in a straight-backed chair across a metal desk from Dinh.

  Fiction book (2000)

• "Patti needs a straight-backed chair to sit on," Tara said once we got inside.

  Fiction book (1997)

• My father was sitting nervously on a straight-backed chair, crossing and uncrossing his legs.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Tom obliged her by perching stiffly in a straight-backed chair near the door.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Clay sits in a straight-backed chair, smoking a cigarette and sipping his Scotch.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Without a word, I nervously took a seat in the hard, straight-backed chair in front of his desk.

Synonyms

S

straight

vsstraight-backed

442 1.0

In a direct line without curves or bends

is narrower and mainly used for chairs or people with erect spines

U

upright

vsstraight-backed

44 2.7

Standing straight up and not leaning

focuses on an aligned spine shape mainly for chairs or sitting people

U

unbent

vsstraight-backed

1 4.6

Straight in shape or standing with a straight back

is used mainly for chairs or people with an erect spine posture

S

stiff-backed

vsstraight-backed

1 6.9

Being very straight and tense in the way a person sits or a chair supports you

means an aligned spine posture without the strict rigidity or formal tone

Antonyms

H

hunched

1 4.1

Having a rounded back and shoulders because you bend forward

How Straight

erect

17 4.0

upright

44 2.7

straight-backed

3 5.1

to slouch

22 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology