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Meanings of erectly in English

In a straight-backed manner.

Usage of erectly in English
1
He sat up erectly and stared down at the broad green water.
God’s Little Acre
2
Mrs. Hastings sat erectly beside her, her tortoise-rimmed glasses expressing bland approval.
Romance Island
3
He came home so much beside himself that he could with difficulty walk erectly.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
4
He carried himself erectly, swinging a little on his hips.
Maurice Guest
5
Lucy Ellen lifted her fawn-colored little head more erectly at the last of her protest.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
6
He got to his feet and left as quietly and erectly as he had entered.
Badge of Infamy
7
Pluto sat up erectly and looked down the road.
God’s Little Acre
8
He is of medium height, carries himself erectly, and is quick and energetic in his movements.
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
9
He bore himself more erectly, for one thing; his shoulders were thrown back, and seemed thicker.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
10
Somthing about his white hair and erectly-slumped bearing screamed "Ex-slave" even at that distance.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
11
I answered, therefore, distinctly, firmly, and erectly,-
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
12
Eucalyptus-trees bent gravely in the chance breezes or stood erectly still where the calm of dawn remained inviolate.
The Blood Red Dawn
13
Faith shook her head and walked as erectly as she could to the doors, nearly drowning in mortification.
Faith
14
As she marched erectly down the aisle of the store, she encountered a sleek, portly, prosperous man coming in.
Chronicles of Avonlea
15
Dominic shifted, kneeling more erectly now, the waves of his habit straightening like a stormy ocean gathering into tsunami.
Seven Surrenders
16
He was seventy-two years old and, as a former Imperial officer, carried himself so erectly as to belie his years.
Ghosts
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