Squarely

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squarely \Square"ly\, adv.
     In a square form or manner.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  squarely
       adv 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" [syn: {forthrightly}, {forthright}]
       2: in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye";
          "ran square into me" [syn: {square}]
       3: firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met
          the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before
          his enemy" [syn: {square}]
       4: with honesty and fairness; "dealt squarely with his
          customers"; "always treated me square" [syn: {square}]
       5: in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded
          the sheet of paper square" [syn: {square}]
       6: with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood
          foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"-
          C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues"
          [syn: {foursquare}, {straightforwardly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "squarely":
     absolutely, accurately, bang, dead, definitely, directly, equally,
     even, exactly, expressly, faithfully, fifty-fifty, flush, full,
     in all respects, in every respect, ipsissimis verbis, just,
     kerplunk, literally, literatim, plop, plumb, plump, plunk,
     point-blank, positively, precisely, right, rigidly, rigorously,
     sharp, smack, smack-dab, spang, square, straight, strictly,
     to the letter, undeviatingly, unerringly, verbally, verbatim,
     verbatim et litteratim, word by word, word for word