单词 | fairly and squarely |
释义 | fairly and squarelyadv. 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). < adv.1628 |
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