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单词 fairly and squarely
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fairly and squarelyadv.

Brit. /ˌfɛːlɪ (ə)n(d) ˈskwɛːli/, U.S. /ˈfɛrli (ə)n ˈskwɛrli/
Forms: see fairly adv. and and conj.1, adv., and n.1 and squarely adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fairly adv., and conj.1, squarely adv.
Etymology: < fairly adv. + and conj.1 + squarely adv., after fair and square adv.
1. = fair and square adv. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adverb]
strongeOE
fastOE
stably1297
strengthlya1400
unabasedlyc1425
unfaintlyc1425
four-squarec1430
strengthilyc1485
determinedlyc1540
resolutely1549
determinately1556
martyr-like1579
resolvedly1587
strongly1591
undauntedly1598
heart and soul1620
fairly and squarely1628
bently1645
decisively1653
supportinglya1664
setly1673
decidedly1770
martyrly1819
immitigably1824
staunchly1825
unshrinkingly1826
unflinchingly1833
hell-bent1863
square1867
fair and square1870
full-bloodedly1898
1628 H. Burton Seuen Vials 72 All her [sc. Queen Elizabeth's] counsells and actions were fairely and squarely carried.
1684 T. Otway Atheist i. 9 My Orders are to meet her fairly and squarely this Evening by Seven.
1702 T. Brown Select Epist. Cicero 232 Now tell me fairly and squarely whether ever you cou'd have foreseen that you shou'd be compar'd and prefer'd to Augustus.
1805 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1806) 9 247 Act fairly and squarely,..For honesty sure is by far the best policy.
1840 Universalist & Ladies' Repository Dec. 296/2 He came up to our house the next day, to marry me, fairly and squarely.
1890 ‘W. A. Wallace’ Only a Sister 338 I think I can fight my own battles fairly and squarely.
1910 L. S. Fanning Players & Slayers 76 [The players] knew that he [sc. the referee] was a bush-lawyer, but they also knew that he would act fairly and squarely, and promptly.
1996 Observer 29 Dec. 30/5 I bought the company fairly and squarely but was then the victim of a political conspiracy.
2. = fair and square adv. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction > directly forwards
forthrighta1000
outrightc1400
foreright1495
straight forth1536
straightforwardsa1555
an-end1601
fair and square1805
straightforward1809
fairly and squarely1827
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adverb] > with clear meaning
univocally1593
unequivocally1795
fairly and squarely1827
fair and square1854
unequivocably1917
1827 H. R. Mosse Woman's Wit & Man's Wisdom III. iii. 148 I knows nothing of her daughter, no more nor herself..only I knows I wishes they was fairly and squarely out on the house.
1858 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 16 Jan. 342/2 A way of whipping out, as it were, a strong first note, instead of striking it fairly and squarely.
1904 St. Nicholas July 799/1 The ‘straw foot’ had been planted fairly and squarely in a ground-hornets' nest.
1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 562/1 The deficiency is attributed fairly and squarely to the faulty environment provided by the parents of the schizophrenic.
1998 J. Holms Bad Vibes xv. 187 The blame, of course, lay fairly and squarely at Gloria's door.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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