uprightly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UPRIGHTLY, adverb 1. In a direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; in an erect position. 2. Honestly; with strict observance of rectitude; as, to live uprightly He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. Proverbs 10:9.
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