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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Squarely \Square"ly\, adverb In a square form or manner.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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" [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
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