Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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upright | Yes | Yes | No | No |
posture | Yes | No | Yes | No |
upright (noun) | posture (noun) |
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a piano with a vertical sounding board | the arrangement of the body and its limbs |
a vertical structural member as a post or stake | characteristic way of bearing one's body |
capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war | |
a rationalized mental attitude |
upright (adjective) | posture (adjective) |
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upright in position or posture | |
of moral excellence | |
in a vertical position; not sloping |
upright (verb) | posture (verb) |
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assume a posture as for artistic purposes | |
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others |