Definition of "uppishly" [uppishly]

• In an uppish manner (adverb)
• In an upward direction, with the chance of being caught (adverb)

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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."
• "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."
• "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."