squarely

/ˈskweəli/SKWER-lee

/ˈskwɛɹli/SKWER-lee

Meaningin a square way

Common meaning: directly

Other meanings: fairly

squarfour; four-sidedLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1501 · scan
lyadverb ending: in a way

Journey through time

Latinquattuor; quadrus‘four’
Old Frenchesquarrésource
Middle Englishsquaresource
Englishsquare‘a figure with four equal sides’
Englishformed in English from squaresquarely‘directly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from square + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SQUARE, p.587 · scan

Roots

quattuor; quadrus Latin “four; four-sided”

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