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squarely, adv.|ˈskwɛəlɪ|
[f. square a.]
1. So as to be squared (by multiplication).
1557Recorde Whetst. D iij, The other sides beyng multiplied squarely (that is, by them selfes). 1594Blundevil Exerc. i. (1636) 96 Which Root if you Multiply into it selfe squarely, the Product will be like unto the Number given. 1613J. Tapp Pathw. Knowl. 303 Multiply the roote nearest found squarely. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 297 Then must 10 be multiplyed Squarely and 8 Cubically.
2. Honestly, fairly, in a straightforward manner.
1564in Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 138 To speak squarely our opinion, we think you could in fewer lines have comprehended matter more to our contentation. 1624Sanderson Serm. I. 247 Let us therefore deal squarely, as wise and honest merchants should do. 1640Harsnet Repent. 166 True it is that many doe carry themselves very squarely and plausibly to the Eye of the World. a1704T. Brown Decl. Adv. Wks. 1730 I. 41 If they dealt squarely with me..they'd scarce at all wonder. 1767Spirit Public Jrnls. (1806) IX. 247 Act fairly and squarely,..For honesty sure is by far the best policy. 1876Stedman Victorian Poets 59 The pleasure which comes from being in harness, and from duty squarely performed. 1884Chicago Times 13 Jan., Lord Falmouth, one of the few sportsmen who never bet and who ran his horses squarely.
†3. Freely, copiously. Obs.—1
1611Cotgr. s.v. Donné, Il s'en est bien donné, he hath tipled squarely.
†4. Precisely, exactly. Obs.
1626T. H[awkins] Caussin's Holy Crt. 6 The works are likewise the more feeble, not squarely answering to the modell of knowledge. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Prol. C 2 b, Blindly to followe every opinion which is broached, and squarely to conforme unto every custome. 1684Otway Atheist i. i, My Orders are to meet her fairly and squarely this Evening at Seven.
5. In a position directly square with, or opposite to, some line or object; in a straight or direct manner.
1802James Milit. Dict. s.v. March, The front-directing serjeant, after having placed himself perfectly and squarely in the rank, must [etc.]. 1883B. Harte Carquinez Woods viii. 186 She looked him squarely in the eyes without a word. 1894F. M. Elliot Roman Gossip iv. 113 He sits squarely on his war-horse.
fig.1867A. J. Wilson Vashti xv, She set this conjecture squarely before her, and forced herself to contemplate it. 1873Hale In His Name ii. 8 They refuted it squarely.
b. At right angles to the length or height.
1873Spon Workshop Rec. Ser. i. 7/1 The brush requires to be squarely and evenly cut. 1883Harper's Mag. Jan. 200/2 We..saw that a bole fully six feet in diameter had broken squarely across.
c. fig. Plainly, unequivocally, firmly, solidly. Chiefly U.S.
1860in Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) II. 845 [This] means simply and squarely, that you intend..to rule or ruin this Government. 1885Cent. Mag. XXIX. 511 He stands squarely upon observation, experience, induction. 1900Lapsley Durham 44 He..based his demand squarely on his royal power.
6. In a square form; so as to be square.
1828W. Field Mem. Dr. Parr II. 355 He was about the middle height, squarely built, of strong athletic frame, not much inclined to corpulency. 1861Engl. Wom. Dom. Mag. III. 219 Holding a squarely-folded note at arm's length before my eyes. 1864C. M. Yonge Trial II. 310 The squarely made,..handsome Averil Ward. 1882Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XVI. 232 Aperture-papillae large and squarely oval. |