ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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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