foursquare

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adjective

four·square ˈfȯr-ˈskwer How to pronounce foursquare (audio)

: square

The benchlike frames have foursquare horizontal slats and either dowel-shaped or foursquare uprights.

Janet Malcom

A magnificent foursquare house built by Col. Jonathan Hamilton on a promontory of the Salmon Falls River overlooking his wharves and warehouses.

John Deedy

: marked by boldness and conviction : forthright

Disillusionment is used to give the antihero glamour and hipness, but then the movie wants him to be a foursquare hero with heart.

Pauline Kael

… bassist Jeremy Toback and drummer Regan Hagar rarely stray from foursquare hard-rock propulsion.

Mark Coleman

foursquare adverb

The A.M.A spoke for the great majority of doctors in the years preceding Medicare when it stood foursquare against anything that could even remotely be called socialized medicine.

Robert Sherrill

four square

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noun

: a children's game for four players in which each player stands in a quadrant of a square court, the server strikes a large ball so that it bounces in the quadrant of another player, the receiving player strikes it to bounce in another quadrant, and so on, with players being eliminated for failing to hit and direct the ball properly

At Grant Elementary School, I played four square with the children of immigrants from the Philippines, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and Lebanon.

Héctor Tobar

Example Sentences

Adjective her foursquare support for the proposal it's no time to be foursquare if you're asked whether a certain outfit makes a person look fat

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The first structure was unusual enough to become a local attraction: a large foursquare house with a center hall and verandahs on all sides.

Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2020 This is an earnest, foursquare, if extremely well-made, melodrama.

Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2020 The foursquare drill is meant to hone pitchers’ reaction time fielding comebackers and making awkward throws.

Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 16 Feb. 2020 From today’s viewpoint, its most familiar American manifestations were possibly the comfortably foursquare domestic architecture and furnishing designs produced by Gustav Stickley in the early 20th century.

Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018 Oddly enough, these statements are foursquare at odds with these legislators’ voting records.

Deroy Murdock, National Review, 11 Dec. 2017

foursquare 1 of 2

adjective

as in outspoken

free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions it's no time to be foursquare if you're asked whether a certain outfit makes a person look fat

Synonyms & Similar Words

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outspoken
honest
frank
candid
vocal
forthcoming
plain
straightforward
plainspoken
open
free-spoken
freehearted
openhearted
forthright
straight
out-front
earnest
unguarded
direct
unreserved
blunt
guileless
up-front
bluff
artless
outgoing
real
unaffected
uninhibited
ingenuous
unpretentious
crusty
sincere
unpretending
unrestrained
vociferous
rude
gruff
tactless
brusque
naive
curt
undesigning
natural
impertinent
innocent
uncivil
ungracious
impolite
brusk
unsubtle
unmannerly
thoughtless
abrupt
inconsiderate
naïve
undiplomatic
sharp

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

uncandid
restrained
laconic
reticent
reserved
taciturn
quiet
civil
inhibited
diplomatic
ambiguous
politic
uncommunicative
unforthcoming
evasive
dissembling
close-mouthed
circuitous
polite
equivocal
tight-lipped
tactful
courteous
considerate

as in straight

going straight to the point clearly and firmly a foursquare evaluation of her performance that didn't mince words

Synonyms & Similar Words

straight
straightforward
plain
direct
honest
candid
forthright
frank
blunt
earnest
aboveboard
bluff
plainspoken
free-spoken
outspoken
artless
openhearted
true
open
unguarded
uninhibited
unrestrained
sincere
tactless
unreserved
curt
brusque
gruff
sharp
impolite
brusk
rude
truthful
veracious
inconsiderate
abrupt
undiplomatic
point-blank

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

roundabout
civil
verbose
indirect
circuitous
polite
wordy
circumlocutory
restrained
prolix
courteous
reserved
deceitful
lying
tactful
inhibited
erroneous
false
mendacious
hypocritical
long-winded
ambiguous
evasive
untruthful
misleading
equivocal
fallacious
two-faced
double-dealing

as in quadrate

having four equal sides and four right angles the design of the foursquare Georgian mansion is strongly symmetrical, the wide central hallway being flanked by two rooms on either side

Synonyms & Similar Words

quadrate
square
rectangular
cuboid
boxy
boxlike
squarish
blockish
cubical
cubic
blocky

foursquare

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adverb

as in openly

in an honest and direct manner asked him foursquare if he was ever going to propose to her

Synonyms & Similar Words

openly
plain
straightforward
straight
sincerely
directly
forthrightly
straightforwardly
abruptly
honestly
bluffly
straightforwards
plainly
simply
artlessly
sharply
frankly
unguardedly
candidly
unreservedly
tactlessly
rudely
baldly
brusquely
openheartedly
gruffly
earnestly
bluntly
truthfully
impolitely
curtly
point-blank
inconsiderately
veraciously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

verbosely
politely
wordily
courteously
tactfully
diplomatically
civilly
deceitfully
hypocritically
erroneously
falsely
long-windedly
mendaciously
untruthfully
indirectly
ambiguously
insincerely
circuitously
evasively
fallaciously
equivocally

单词	foursquare
释义	foursquare 1 of 2 adjective four·square ˈfȯr-ˈskwer 1 : square The benchlike frames have foursquare horizontal slats and either dowel-shaped or foursquare uprights. Janet Malcom A magnificent foursquare house built by Col. Jonathan Hamilton on a promontory of the Salmon Falls River overlooking his wharves and warehouses. John Deedy 2 : marked by boldness and conviction : forthright Disillusionment is used to give the antihero glamour and hipness, but then the movie wants him to be a foursquare hero with heart. Pauline Kael … bassist Jeremy Toback and drummer Regan Hagar rarely stray from foursquare hard-rock propulsion. Mark Coleman foursquare adverb The A.M.A spoke for the great majority of doctors in the years preceding Medicare when it stood foursquare against anything that could even remotely be called socialized medicine. Robert Sherrill four square 2 of 2 noun : a children's game for four players in which each player stands in a quadrant of a square court, the server strikes a large ball so that it bounces in the quadrant of another player, the receiving player strikes it to bounce in another quadrant, and so on, with players being eliminated for failing to hit and direct the ball properly At Grant Elementary School, I played four square with the children of immigrants from the Philippines, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and Lebanon. Héctor Tobar Synonyms Adjective candid direct forthcoming forthright frank free-spoken freehearted honest open openhearted out-front outspoken plain plainspoken straight straightforward unguarded unreserved up-front See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective her foursquare support for the proposal it's no time to be foursquare if you're asked whether a certain outfit makes a person look fat Recent Examples on the Web Adjective The first structure was unusual enough to become a local attraction: a large foursquare house with a center hall and verandahs on all sides. Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2020 This is an earnest, foursquare, if extremely well-made, melodrama. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2020 The foursquare drill is meant to hone pitchers’ reaction time fielding comebackers and making awkward throws. Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 16 Feb. 2020 From today’s viewpoint, its most familiar American manifestations were possibly the comfortably foursquare domestic architecture and furnishing designs produced by Gustav Stickley in the early 20th century. Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018 Oddly enough, these statements are foursquare at odds with these legislators’ voting records. Deroy Murdock, National Review, 11 Dec. 2017 Word History First Known Use Adjective 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun 1955, in the meaning defined above foursquare 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in outspoken free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions it's no time to be foursquare if you're asked whether a certain outfit makes a person look fat Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance outspoken honest frank candid vocal forthcoming plain straightforward plainspoken open free-spoken freehearted openhearted forthright straight out-front earnest unguarded direct unreserved blunt guileless up-front bluff artless outgoing real unaffected uninhibited ingenuous unpretentious crusty sincere unpretending unrestrained vociferous rude gruff tactless brusque naive curt undesigning natural impertinent innocent uncivil ungracious impolite brusk unsubtle unmannerly thoughtless abrupt inconsiderate naïve undiplomatic sharp Antonyms & Near Antonyms uncandid restrained laconic reticent reserved taciturn quiet civil inhibited diplomatic ambiguous politic uncommunicative unforthcoming evasive dissembling close-mouthed circuitous polite equivocal tight-lipped tactful courteous considerate See More 2 as in straight going straight to the point clearly and firmly a foursquare evaluation of her performance that didn't mince words Synonyms & Similar Words straight straightforward plain direct honest candid forthright frank blunt earnest aboveboard bluff plainspoken free-spoken outspoken artless openhearted true open unguarded uninhibited unrestrained sincere tactless unreserved curt brusque gruff sharp impolite brusk rude truthful veracious inconsiderate abrupt undiplomatic point-blank Antonyms & Near Antonyms roundabout civil verbose indirect circuitous polite wordy circumlocutory restrained prolix courteous reserved deceitful lying tactful inhibited erroneous false mendacious hypocritical long-winded ambiguous evasive untruthful misleading equivocal fallacious two-faced double-dealing See More 3 as in quadrate having four equal sides and four right angles the design of the foursquare Georgian mansion is strongly symmetrical, the wide central hallway being flanked by two rooms on either side Synonyms & Similar Words quadrate square rectangular cuboid boxy boxlike squarish blockish cubical cubic blocky foursquare 2 of 2 adverb as in openly in an honest and direct manner asked him foursquare if he was ever going to propose to her Synonyms & Similar Words openly plain straightforward straight sincerely directly forthrightly straightforwardly abruptly honestly bluffly straightforwards plainly simply artlessly sharply frankly unguardedly candidly unreservedly tactlessly rudely baldly brusquely openheartedly gruffly earnestly bluntly truthfully impolitely curtly point-blank inconsiderately veraciously Antonyms & Near Antonyms verbosely politely wordily courteously tactfully diplomatically civilly deceitfully hypocritically erroneously falsely long-windedly mendaciously untruthfully indirectly ambiguously insincerely circuitously evasively fallaciously equivocally See More
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