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Uprightly vs Uptightly - What's the difference?

uprightly | uptightly |

As adverbs the difference between uprightly and uptightly

is that uprightly is in an upright manner while uptightly is in an uptight manner.

uprightly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In an upright manner.

    • uptightly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an uptight manner.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 7, author=Cintra Wilson, title=Is There a Setting for High Strung?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Child-women were bowed and baby-dolled up to resemble decorative Easter eggs: newly and uptightly pregnant (a paragon of marital fidelity), half-crippled by feminine weakness and excess luxury, declawed and wholly dominated by the unstoppable twin libidos of war and Wall Street. }}