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uprightness

uprightness

3.9
A straight, vertical position of the body or an object
  • noun
  • /ˈʌpˌraɪtnəs/
translation icon : verticalidad
  • She maintained an impressive uprightness while delivering her speech, demonstrating confidence and poise.

Examples

  • When the COG approaches the outer limit of the base of support, a "hip strategy" is employed to maintain uprightness.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Good posture is essential for achieving uprightness and preventing back pain during long hours of sitting.

  • The farmer ensured the uprightness of the newly planted saplings by staking them firmly in the ground.

Synonyms

verticality
vsuprightness
1 6.5

Being straight up and down at a right angle to the ground

includes straightness and posture rather than only geometric angle
erectness
vsuprightness
7.0

The state of being upright in position or posture

is used for straightness in many contexts beyond human posture
verticalness
vsuprightness
7.0

A state of being upright at right angles to the ground

focuses on straightness including human posture rather than only angle

Antonyms

crookedness
1 5.5

A bent, not straight shape like a picture frame or tree trunk

How Upright

verticality
1 6.5
uprightness
3.9
tilt
12 2.8
crookedness
1 5.5

Surface Forms

uprightness singular
uprightnesses plural

Morphology

uprightness = upright (transparent) = upright + ness

Formed by straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'upright' with the productive suffix '-ness', yielding the quality of being straight or vertical.

Etymology

Uprightness comes from upright, which is made of up and right, where right once meant 'straight' or 'correct'. So uprightness can mean being 'straight' or 'vertical', like good posture or a statue standing tall.