upright posture• An upright posture in bed or chair also aidslungexpansion.• Everyone looks so brisk in freshsuits of upright postures, so stiff and tense their buds won't open.• She maintains a studiously upright posture as she talks, yet her voice is gentle, her expression open and kindly.• The upright posture of the owl is very different from the gull.
adopt a ... posture• Adopt your normal posture by anglingforward from the waist and sitting slightly through the knees.• The birdadopts a characteristic squatting posture with its wingsthrust forward to allow the antsaccess to the important feather tracts.• Weld has adopted an unusually low-key posture at this meeting in contrast to the high-profilefigure he has cut in the past.• It was this factor more than any other which caused officials and Ministersalike to adopt such defensive postures.• Do most members want the Institute to adopt politically controversial postures?• Try to adopt this new posture whenever possible throughout the day.• The squeeze on consumptionprior to 1969 now led to trade unions adopting a more militant posture in wagenegotiations.
Originposture
(1500-1600)FrenchItalianpositura, from Latinpositus; → POSITION1