Usage of "straight-backed"

In a straight-backed manner.

Straight-backed.

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Examples for "erectly"

Examples for "erectly"

He sat up erectly and stared down at the broad green water. 
 God’s Little Acre 

Mrs. Hastings sat erectly beside her, her tortoise-rimmed glasses expressing bland approval. 
 Romance Island 

He came home so much beside himself that he could with difficulty walk erectly. 
 The Lights and Shadows of Real Life 

He carried himself erectly, swinging a little on his hips. 
 Maurice Guest 

Lucy Ellen lifted her fawn-colored little head more erectly at the last of her protest. 
 Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 

Straight-backed.

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Ús de straight-backed en anglès

This model may also suggest that straight-backed Neanderthals had reduced lumbar mobility. 
 Pubmed 

She sat down rather stiffly in the straight-backed armchair beside the fire. 
 Three Soldiers 

But the Jinni only stood straight-backed and grim, staring at the water. 
 The Golem and the Jinni 

He sits, straight-backed, in his chair-keepinghis diaphragm unencumbered throughout his presentation. 
 Wired 

A straight-backed wooden chair with a needlepoint cushion stood facing the desk. 
 The Demon Lover 

She stood up so suddenly she almost knocked the straight-backed chair over. 
 IT 

Sylvia came closer to her and sat down on a straight-backed chair. 
 The Bent Twig 

Jack's straight-backed, brown-ink copperplate told her to assume a multiplier of fifty. 
 Atonement 

She stood straight-backed as an Indian, carrying her head with fine spirit. 
 Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story 

Lady Tressady was sitting upright on the straight-backed sofa of George's smoking-room. 
 Sir George Tressady — Volume I 

This sense of retro, straight-backed decency is probably Moyes's defining quality. 
 The Guardian 

Selma managed to seat herself on the one straight-backed chair in the room. 
 Unleavened Bread 

Andrew lit a pipe and sat down in the straight-backed arm-chair. 
 The Mountebank 

This unpleasant woman was, however, too straight-backed for her chaperonage to succeed completely. 
 The Fifth Head of Cerberus 

Mrs. Abbot reseated herself in the straight-backed chair she usually affected. 
 The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest 

There were two straight-backed chairs on opposite sides of the board. 
 The unseen 

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