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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foursquare \Four"square'\ (f[=o]r"skw[^a]r'), adjective Having four sides and four equal angles. --Sir W. Raleigh.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
foursquare
adjective: characterized by firm and unwavering conviction; "a foursquare refusal to yield"
noun: (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides" [syn: {square}]
adverb
1: in a square position; "the building stood foursquare"
2: with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues" [syn: {squarely}, {straightforwardly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "foursquare": aboveboard, authentic, biquadratic, bona fide, cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diced, fair and square, four, four-legged, four-rayed, genuine, good-faith, oblong, on the level, on the square, on the up-and-up, open, open and aboveboard, orthogonal, quadrangular, quadrate, quadratic, quadric, quadriform, quadrilateral, quadrinomial, quadrivalent, quadruped, quartic, quartile, quaternary, rectangular, rhombic, rhomboid, single-hearted, square, square-dealing, square-shooting, straight, straight-shooting, tetractinal, tetrad, tetragonal, tetrahedral, tetravalent, trapezohedral, trapezoid, up-and-up, veritable
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