Uptightly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Uptightly is an adverb meaning In an uptight manner.
Meaning
In an uptight manner.
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tightly, tensely, tautly, straitlacedly, unneatly, strictly.
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