adj.
- vertical; erect.
▸(of a piano) having vertical strings.
- greater in height than breadth.
- strictly honourable or honest.
adv.
in or into an upright position.
n.
- a vertical post, structure, or line.
- an upright piano.
Derivative
- uprightly adv.
- uprightness n.
Etymology
OE upriht, of Gmc origin; see up, right.