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Significados de erectly em inglês

In a straight-backed manner.

Uso de erectly em inglês
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He sat up erectly and stared down at the broad green water.
God’s Little Acre
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Mrs. Hastings sat erectly beside her, her tortoise-rimmed glasses expressing bland approval.
Romance Island
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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
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Lucy Ellen lifted her fawn-colored little head more erectly at the last of her protest.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
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He got to his feet and left as quietly and erectly as he had entered.
Badge of Infamy
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Pluto sat up erectly and looked down the road.
God’s Little Acre
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He is of medium height, carries himself erectly, and is quick and energetic in his movements.
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
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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...
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I answered, therefore, distinctly, firmly, and erectly,-
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
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Eucalyptus-trees bent gravely in the chance breezes or stood erectly still where the calm of dawn remained inviolate.
The Blood Red Dawn
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Faith shook her head and walked as erectly as she could to the doors, nearly drowning in mortification.
Faith
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As she marched erectly down the aisle of the store, she encountered a sleek, portly, prosperous man coming in.
Chronicles of Avonlea
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Dominic shifted, kneeling more erectly now, the waves of his habit straightening like a stormy ocean gathering into tsunami.
Seven Surrenders
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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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