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Synonyms for squarely
The synonym for squarely recorded in this bank is forthrightly, in the sense "directly and without evasion". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for squarely
- forthrightlyadverb, in the sense "directly and without evasion"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for squarely.
directly and without evasion
She answered the question squarely and without any hesitation.
The true synonym
forthrightly
Same sentence, swapped: She answered the question forthrightly and without any hesitation.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- verbatim
- expressly
- plop
Where squarely turns up in the game
squarely is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play squarely
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so squarely reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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