■ adjective
1》 vertical; erect.
↘(of a piano) having vertical strings.
2》 greater in height than breadth.
3》 strictly honourable or honest.
■ adverb in or into an ~ position.
■ noun
1》 a vertical post, structure, or line.
2》 an ~ piano.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
OE upriht , of Gmc origin; see up , right .