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square-toed |
square-toes |
squared |
squared-toe |
squareflipper square flipper |
squarely
| squareness
| squarer
| squaretail
| squaring
| squarish
squarely
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial squarely has 5 senses
- squarely(r = adv.all) forthright, forthrightly - 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"
- squarely(r = adv.all) square - in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
- squarely(r = adv.all) square - firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"
- squarely(r = adv.all) square - in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
- squarely(r = adv.all) foursquare, straightforwardly - with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues"
THESAURUS
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
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