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Meanings of verticalness in English

Position at right angles to the horizon.

Synonyms
Examples for "uprightness"
Examples for "uprightness"
1
Springing from the instinctive uprightness of their natures their action was reasoned.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
2
But he carried himself with soldierly uprightness, and his speech was brisk.
The Snare
3
Crotchety from uprightness he was, but upright was no word for him.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
4
Evelyn's character is very engaging in its richness, uprightness, and lively interests.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters
5
And if your thoughts succumb, your uprightness shall still shout triumph thereby!
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
1
She walked with a certain springiness of step and erectness of bearing.
Anne's House of Dreams
2
She moved towards him, bearing herself with a peculiar erectness and dignity.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II
3
This action is very helpful for the development of erectness of the body.
How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfaction...
4
She carried herself with almost machine-like erectness; her skirts were noiseless.
The Vanished Messenger
5
And then the erectness of his supple body, like a symbol.
England, My England
1
More important, the way we use verticality itself is liable to evolve.
Wired
2
The swing back preserves the verticality of architectural subjects.
How to Observe in Archaeology / Suggestions for Travellers in th...
3
This verticality leads to fanciful comparisons with San Francisco.
Full Circle
4
The unbending verticality of his dancing speaks of command, of absolute autonomy, of arctic detachment.
The Guardian
5
That kind of show of power is all about verticality and domination not horizontalism and camaraderie.
Ebony