Thesaurus results for SQUARELY

squarely

adverb

ˈskwer-lē

Definition of squarely

as in right

as stated or indicated without the slightest difference a line that is squarely in the middle

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Recent Examples of squarely This sprawling area of hot air will soon move eastward and spend Thursday to Saturday squarely over the Mid-Atlantic, sending temperatures toward 105 degrees there, and breaking records from Florida to Maine. — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 1 July 2026 Core Millennials — born in the late 1980s and early 1990s, squarely in the middle of their generation — graduated into the teeth of the 2008 financial crisis. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026 On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance paid a visit to the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in California and, as is his wont, put his foot squarely in his mouth. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 27 June 2026 Yet prominent Italian Jewish journalist Maurizio Molinari, who currently teaches a class on hybrid warfare at Tel Aviv’s Reichman University, points the finger squarely at Russia. — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for squarely

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Adverb

Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.

— Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
According to Jackson’s account, Fong said her father, the village headman, removed large pieces of wreckage from the crash site and organized the burial of McKinney’s body right there.

— Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026