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SQUARELY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With firmness and conviction; without compromise
Example:
dealt straightforwardly with all issues
Synonyms:
foursquare; squarely; straightforwardly
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
Firmly and solidly
Example:
planted his great bulk square before his enemy
Synonyms:
square; squarely
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
In a square shape
Example:
folded the sheet of paper square
Synonyms:
square; squarely
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
square (having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Directly and without evasion; not roundabout
Example:
spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point
Synonyms:
forthright; forthrightly; squarely
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
square (without evasion or compromise)
Sense 5
Meaning:
In a straight direct way
Example:
ran square into me
Synonyms:
square; squarely
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
The Old English Sheepdog is a large, squarely proportioned, agile dog with a profuse, shaggy coat.
(Old English Sheepdog, NCI Thesaurus)
The Canaan Dog is a sturdy, medium-sized, squarely proportioned herding dog with a bushy tail carried curled over the back when the dog is alert.
(Canaan Dog, NCI Thesaurus)
You will have a gathering of powerful planets in your seventh house of marriage and partnerships of all kinds, including business ones, so clearly, your mind will be squarely on the idea of joining forces with a particular person.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
“And when shall we arrive at Yokohama?” she asked, turning to him and looking him squarely in the eyes.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"Well, what is it?" he demanded, turning squarely on the girl in question.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He left the chair, just as he sat in it, squarely, springing from the sitting posture like a wild animal, a tiger, and like a tiger covered the intervening space.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
We must have been struck squarely amidships, for I saw nothing, the strange steamboat having passed beyond my line of vision.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The oncoming Harrison caught the kick squarely in the pit of the stomach, groaned involuntarily, and doubled up and sank backward to the deck.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
This time, though we were continually half-buried, there was no trough in which to be swept, and we drifted squarely down upon the upturned boat, badly smashing it as it was heaved inboard.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
But his eyes did light upon me, and looked squarely into mine; and he did see me, for he sprang to the wheel, thrusting the other man aside, and whirled it round and round, hand over hand, at the same time shouting orders of some sort.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
