squarely
/ˈskwɛɹ.li/ adverb C1- In the shape of a square; at right angles.
- Firmly and solidly.
- In a direct, straightforward and honest manner.
From the library
“No, I didn’t,” said Anne solemnly, meeting Marilla’s angry gaze squarely.
Wait my coming, O most infamous Bandar-log!” He panted up the terrace only to disappear to the head in a wave of monkeys, but he threw himself squarely on his haunches, and, spreading out his forepaws, hugged as many as he could hold, and then began to hit with a regular bat-bat-bat, like the flipping strokes of a paddle wheel.
The stout lady occasionally turned her head squarely around and surveyed Anne through her eyeglasses until Anne, acutely sensitive of being so scrutinized, felt that she must scream aloud; and the white-lace girl kept talking audibly to her next neighbor about the “country bumpkins” and “rustic belles” in the audience, languidly anticipating “such fun” from the displays of local talent on the program.
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