Squarely

Definition: Squarely

Squarely

Adverb

1. Directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point".

2. In a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me".

3. Firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy".

4. With honesty and fairness; "dealt squarely with his customers"; "always treated me square".

5. In a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square".

6. With firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "squarely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Synonyms: Squarely

Probity

Verb: be honorable; Adjective: deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly; speak the truth; (veracity); draw a straight furrow; tell the truth and shame the Devil, vitam impendere vero; show a proper spirit, make a point of; do one's duty; (virtue).

Crosswords: Squarely

Uncle Alonzo, I've dropped by to talk to you man to man, so I can look you squarely in the eye. (Herbie Rides Again; writing credit: Gordon Buford; Bill Walsh)

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Books

• No Pat Answers: Looking Squarely at Life's Most Difficult Questions (The Eugenia Price Treasury of Faith) (reference)

• Squarely Behind the Beavers (reference)

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These are somber facts for anyone to have to recite on the morrow of a victory gained by so much splendid comradeship in arms and in the cause of freedom and democracy; but we should be most unwise not to face them squarely while time remains. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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A moment afterwards, placed squarely in the very middle of the street, astride of the gutter, the gun was in battery.

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Economic History

Cameroon

Cameroon's noncontentious, low-profile approach to foreign relations puts it squarely in the middle of other African and developing country states on major issues. (references)

Argentina

Over the medium term, until pending labor, fiscal, judicial and social issues are squarely addressed, foreign investors will remain concerned about the Argentine economy's ability to achieve sustainable growth. (references)

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Bulgarian 

честно (above board, fair, fair and square, fairly, faithfully, honestly, in good faith, on the level, Square, uprightly), точно насреща, категорично (categorically, emphatically, expressly, point blank, positively), прямо (above board, frankly, outright), почтено (fair, on the level, uprightly). (various references)

Chinese 

方形地. (various references)

Finnish

rehellisesti (honestly). (various references)

French

carrément. (various references)

German

gerecht (equitable, equitably, fair, fairly, just, justly, legitimate, righteous, rightful, upright), genau (absolute, accurate, accurately, bang, close, closely, correct, correctly, dead, detailed, directly, due, even, exact, exacting, exactly, fairly, faithfully, fastidious, fine, finely, intimately, level, meticulous, meticulously, minutely, near, nice, nicely, on time, particular, pedantic, precise, precisely, prompt, properly, punctilious, punctual, quite, right, rigid, scrupulous, sharp, shrewd, smoothly, specific, specifically, Square, strict, strictly, true, very), fest (abiding, attached, banquet, buoyant, buoyantly, carnival, celebration, closely, compact, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, crisp, definite, faithfully, fast, feast, festival, festivity, fete, fexed, firm, firmly, fix, fixated, fixed, gaiety, hard, heavy, immovable, ingrained, junket, lasting, moored, non-varying, party, permanent, permanently, proof, regular, robust, safely, secure, securely, set, settled, solid, solidly, sound, stable, steadfast, steadily, steady, stiff, stout, stoutly, strong, sturdy, sustained, tight, tighten, tightly, tough, unfaltering, unhesitating, unshrinking, unwavering, unwaveringly), fair (clean, decent, equatable, equitable, equitably, fair, faire, nondiscriminatory, sporting, sportingly), ehrlich (aboveboard, above-board, candid, candidly, downright, fairly, faithfully, frankly, honest, honestly, really, sincere, straightforward, transparent, truly, upright), direkt (blunt, bluntly, clear, direct, directly, due, forthright, immediate, immediately, immediatly, lineal, live, one-level, outspoken, outspokenly, perfect, plain, plainly, plump, randomly, really, right, sheer, slap, straigh ahead, straight, straightly, unbroken, undeviating). (various references)

Greek 

τετραγωνικώσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

בכ� ות (genuinely, on the level, sincerely), ב�"�'י� ות (fairly), ב� צב. (various references)

Hungarian

szemben (against, disrespect for sy, have the goods on sy, in front of, opposite, opposite/facing, oppositely, to be up against a difficult task, to forbear with sy, to fuss over sy, to give sy a chance, to make claims on sy, to show oneself ungrateful to sy, to suffer fools gladly, up against it, vis-� -vis, vis-ŕ-vis), szembe (in the wind's eye), egyértelműen (unequivocally), derékszögben (at right angles, on the square, Square), becsületesen (fair and square, fairly, honestly, justly, on the level, on the square, trustworthily). (various references)

Italian

direttamente (at, at once, direct, directly, home, immediately, instantaneous, instantly, right, straight, through, without, without delay), ad angolo retto (Square). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

事実�'踏まえた議論 (an argument based squarely on reality), ジャケ写 (hit the ball squarely, in perfect focus, internal clock that is always correct, jacket picture, Japanese Agricultural Standard, JAS, jasmine, jazzercize, just, just fit, justice, justification, justify). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ジャストミート (hit the ball squarely). (various references)

Korean 

� �연하게. (various references)

Manx

dy kerrinagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

arelysquay

Russian 

прямо (avowedly, bang, direct, directly, endlong, endways, endwise, erect, foursquare, head-on, in plain English, just, on the level, outright, plainly, plump, point blank, slap, spang, straight, straight from the shoulder, straight out, straightly, up and down, uprightly). (various references)

Spanish

en ángulo recto (at right angles). (various references)

Swedish

vinkeltätt, tvärt (abruptly, at once, directly), rakt (bang, clean, direct, directly, due, fair, flat, full, slap, slap bang, smack, straight), rättframt (forthright). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vuông vắn thẳng thắn, trung thực kiên quyết, thật th� (candid, simple-hearted, sincere, sincerely), dứt khoát (blankly, clear-cut, decisive, distinct, final, flatly, outright, specific, square). (various references)

Misspellings

"Squarely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Esquirla, Quarley, squarel, squarey, squariel, squarrel, squirally, squirly, squirrely. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: equals, layers, queasy, relays, saurel, slayer, square, squeal, surely.

-3 letters: arles, aryls, aures, earls, early, equal, eyras, lares, laser, layer, lears, leary, lures, lyase, lyres, quale, quare, quays, query, queys, rales, reals, relay, resay, rules, saury, sayer, seral, slyer, sural, surly, urase, ureal, ureas, ursae, years, yules.

-4 letters: aery, ales, ares, arse, aryl.

+4 letters: superquality.

+5 letters: quarrelsomely.