Antonyms for posture

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : pos-cher

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒs tʃər

Definition of posture

Origin : c.1600, from French posture (16c.), from Italian postura "position, posture," from Latin positura "position, station," from postulus, past participle of ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)).

noun stance, circumstance
noun beliefs
verb display an attitude

Example sentences :

He was sitting yonder when I began to dress, and has scarcely changed his posture since.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Our posture must be that of holy reverence, of quiet waiting and adoration.
Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray

Try and recall the posture of your affairs, when I extricated you and brought you to Seuthes.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

She felt the indecorum of the posture he had condescended to take, and was shocked.
Extract from : « A Simple Story » by Mrs. Inchbald

Whoever has need of another is indigent, and assumes a posture.
Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley

No attitude is fixed, and no outward observance of posture is required.
Extract from : « A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd' » by Moulavi Gergh Ali

And do you mean to tell me that they have never stirred from that posture for two long hours?
Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan

Never at any time did she neglect to keep her army in a posture of offence.
Extract from : « German Culture Past and Present » by Ernest Belfort Bax

And again he resumed his posture of sullen and determined silence.
Extract from : « Waverley » by Sir Walter Scott

There was something new in his posture—a stark stillness which arrested his eye.
Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees

Synonyms for posture

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