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Squarely Common

Squarely has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
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

in a square shape

"a squarely cut piece of paper"

"folded the sheet of paper square"

5

with firmness and conviction; without compromise

"he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"

"dealt straightforwardly with all issues"

6

in the shape of a square; at right angles

Example Sentences
"to face a problem squarely" adverb
"the responsibility lies squarely with them" adverb
"spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point" adverb
"looked him squarely in the eye" adverb
"ran square into me" adverb
"hit the ball squarely" adverb
"the bat met the ball squarely" adverb
"planted his great bulk square before his enemy" adverb
"a squarely cut piece of paper" adverb
"folded the sheet of paper square" adverb
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Rhyming Words
ely sely eely rely apely weely beely feely keely neely seely eyely rudely rifely sagely fakely dreely tidely sanely widely
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