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In a straight-backed manner.
erectly
Straight-backed.
upright
erect
vertical
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erectly
"
erectly
Examples for "
erectly
"
1
He sat up
erectly
and stared down at the broad green water.
2
Mrs. Hastings sat
erectly
beside her, her tortoise-rimmed glasses expressing bland approval.
3
He came home so much beside himself that he could with difficulty walk
erectly
.
4
He carried himself
erectly
,
swinging a little on his hips.
5
Lucy Ellen lifted her fawn-colored little head more
erectly
at the last of her protest.
Straight-backed.
backed
1
This model may also suggest that
straight
-
backed
Neanderthals had reduced lumbar mobility.
2
She sat down rather stiffly in the
straight
-
backed
armchair beside the fire.
3
But the Jinni only stood
straight
-
backed
and grim, staring at the water.
4
He sits,
straight
-
backed
,
in his chair-keepinghis diaphragm unencumbered throughout his presentation.
5
A
straight
-
backed
wooden chair with a needlepoint cushion stood facing the desk.
6
She stood up so suddenly she almost knocked the
straight
-
backed
chair over.
7
Sylvia came closer to her and sat down on a
straight
-
backed
chair.
8
Jack's
straight
-
backed
,
brown-ink copperplate told her to assume a multiplier of fifty.
9
She stood
straight
-
backed
as an Indian, carrying her head with fine spirit.
10
Lady Tressady was sitting upright on the
straight
-
backed
sofa of George's smoking-room.
11
This sense of retro,
straight
-
backed
decency is probably Moyes's defining quality.
12
Selma managed to seat herself on the one
straight
-
backed
chair in the room.
13
Andrew lit a pipe and sat down in the
straight
-
backed
arm-chair.
14
This unpleasant woman was, however, too
straight
-
backed
for her chaperonage to succeed completely.
15
Mrs. Abbot reseated herself in the
straight
-
backed
chair she usually affected.
16
There were two
straight
-
backed
chairs on opposite sides of the board.