semi-upright

1. 1.

   of animals that are partly erect

   Similarerect

Questions about semi-upright

What does semi-upright mean?

semi-upright means "of animals that are partly erect".

How many syllables are in semi-upright?

semi-upright has 4 syllables: se-mi--u-pright. The stress falls on "mi-".

Is semi-upright a common word?

semi-upright is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.