Italic vs. Upright

Italic and Upright Definitions
Italic
Of or relating to ancient Italy or its peoples or cultures.
Upright
Being in a vertical position or direction
An upright post.
Italic
Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Latin, Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and the Romance languages.
Upright
Erect in posture or carriage
"She sat with grim determination, upright as a darning needle stuck in a board" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
Italic
Italic Of or being a style of printing type patterned on a Renaissance script with the letters slanting to the right
This sentence is printed in italic type.
Upright
Adhering strictly to moral principles; righteous.
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Italic
The Italic branch of Indo-European.
Upright
Designed with the pedals below the seat to allow an erect posture rather than a reclining one
An upright bike.
Italic
Often italics Italic print or typeface.
Upright
Vertically
Walk upright.
Italic
Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
Upright
A perpendicular position; verticality.
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Italic
Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.
The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font.
Upright
Something, such as a goalpost, that stands upright.
Italic
(typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
Upright
An upright piano.
Italic
An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.
Upright
An upright bicycle.
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Italic
Relating to Italy or to its people.
Upright
To restore to an upright position
The tow truck uprighted the overturned tractor trailer.
Italic
Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; - so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.
Upright
Vertical; erect
I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.
Italic
A style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
Upright
In its proper orientation; not overturned.
My brother didn't get angry when his son knocked over the lamp; he simply called the boy over and helped him set it upright again.
Italic
A branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
Upright
Greater in height than breadth.
Italic
A typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
Upright
(figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
Italic
Characterized by slanting characters;
Italic characters
Upright
(of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
Italic
Of or relating to the Italic languages;
Ancient Italic dialects
Upright
In or into an upright position.
Upright
Any vertical part of a structure.
Upright
(sports) A goal post.
Upright
(slang) A leg
Upright
A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
Upright
(informal) An upright piano.
Upright
(informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
Upright
(transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
Upright
In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
All have their ears upright.
Upright
Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
And that man [Job] was perfect and upright.
Upright
Conformable to moral rectitude.
Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.
Upright
Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
Upright
Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
Upright
Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.
Upright
A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave.
Upright
The vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly between the uprights.
Upright
A vertical structural member as a post or stake;
The ball sailed between the uprights
Upright
A piano with a vertical sounding board
Upright
In a vertical position; not sloping;
An upright post
Upright
Of moral excellence;
A genuinely good person
A just cause
An upright and respectable man
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous
Upright
Erect in posture;
Behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude
Stood defiantly with unbowed back
Upright
Maintaining an erect position;
Standing timber
Many buildings were still standing
Upright
Upright in position or posture;
An erect stature
Erect flower stalks
For a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression
A column still vertical amid the ruins
He sat bolt upright