| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Directed or pointed upward: erect, raised, upstanding. See HORIZONTAL. 2. Having or marked by uprightness in principle and action: good, honest, honorable, incorruptible, righteous, true, upstanding. Informal : straight-shooting. Idioms: on the up-and-up (or up and up) . See HONEST. 3. At right angles to the horizon or to level ground: perpendicular, plumb, vertical. See HORIZONTAL.
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