Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an uppish manner.
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- adverb in an
uppish manner - adverb cricket, of a ball in an
upward direction, with the chance of beingcaught
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a snobbish manner
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Examples
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The 38-year-old brought up a dogged ton with a fortunate under-edge for a single before Sammy accounted for Mishra, who cut uppishly to Bravo.
Rahul Dravid century gives India fighting chance against West Indies 2011
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The 38-year-old brought up a dogged ton with a fortunate under-edge for a single before Sammy accounted for Mishra, who cut uppishly to Bravo.
Rahul Dravid century gives India fighting chance against West Indies 2011
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No sign of that variable bounce, and the Notts bowlers haven't had the luck with the new ball they needed - Lyth has played and missed a bit, and Rudolph steered one uppishly between slips and gully.
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Davies gets on strike and hits a drive cum cut uppishly through point with his bat halfway between 90 and 180 degrees.
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Claydon, a burly blond seamer from Sydney's western suburbs with a British passport who joined Durham in 2007 after two seasons with Yorkshire, then had McGrath driving uppishly to cover, and produced a beauty to find Jonathan Bairstow's outside edge three overs before the close.
Jacques Rudolph's century puts Yorkshire on course to beat Durham Andy Wilson at the Riverside 2010
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It is therefore not surprising that the majority of the Committee began by taking its work uppishly and carelessly.
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet George Bernard Shaw 1903
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The Wife and Daughter, frightened as they are, raise their heads uppishly and follow flatfooted, sustained by a sense of their Sunday clothes and social consequence.
Back to Methuselah George Bernard Shaw 1903
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She could see nursemaids wheeling babies towards the Gardens, and noted their faces gazing, not at the babies, but, uppishly, at other nursemaids, or, with a sort of cautious longing, at men who passed.
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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She could see nursemaids wheeling babies towards the Gardens, and noted their faces gazing, not at the babies, but, uppishly, at other nursemaids, or, with a sort of cautious longing, at men who passed.
Fraternity John Galsworthy 1900
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Also pulls well, though sometimes hits it uppishly.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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