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Antonyms for erectness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-rekt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrɛkt

Definition of erectness

Origin :
  • late 14c., "upright, not bending," from Latin erectus "upright, elevated, lofty; eager, alert, aroused," past participle of erigere "raise or set up," from e- "up" + regere "to direct, keep straight, guide" (see regal).
  • As in uprightness : noun dignity
Example sentences :
  • The head is set gracefully on the neck and should be carried with ease and erectness.
  • Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
  • He was a tall man and walked with the erectness of one who had been a soldier.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson
  • Nadine sat up, with a sort of unconscious pride in her erectness.
  • Extract from : « Dodo's Daughter » by E. F. Benson
  • It marked the erectness of his frame, the gayety of his mien, the dance of his locks.
  • Extract from : « Kincaid's Battery » by George W. Cable
  • In an instant she had started into erectness, staring stupefied, too stupefied for shame or anger.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • In the bearing and erectness of the figure was something so familiar that it stabbed her with a sharp vividness of memory.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Thus flatness of position dominates over its absence (or erectness).
  • Extract from : « Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl » by Charles Benedict Davenport
  • There is a factor that determines length of the feathers and a factor that determines their erectness.
  • Extract from : « Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl » by Charles Benedict Davenport
  • That erectness is recessive is proved by various matings of extracted erect erect crest.
  • Extract from : « Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl » by Charles Benedict Davenport
  • The habit of carrying burdens on the head gives them erectness of figure, even where physically disabled.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various

Synonyms for erectness

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