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foursquare

[ fawr-skwair, fohr- ]

adjective

  1. consisting of four corners and four right angles; square:

    a solid, foursquare building.

  2. firm; steady; unswerving:

    He maintained a foursquare position in the controversy.

  3. forthright; frank; blunt:

    a foursquare presentation of the company's financial condition.



adverb

  1. without equivocation; frankly; forthrightly.

noun

  1. a square.

foursquare

/ ˌfɔːˈskwɛə /

adverb

  1. squarely; firmly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. solid and strong
  2. forthright; honest
  3. a rare word for square
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌfourˈsquarely, adverb
  • ˌfourˈsquareness, noun
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Other Words From

  • foursquarely adverb
  • foursquareness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of foursquare1

First recorded in 1250–1300, foursquare is from the Middle English word fouresquare. See four, square
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Example Sentences

Biden offered foursquare support for the union, taking the unprecedented step for a sitting president of walking the picket line with them at a GM factory in Michigan in September.

The painting’s rich detail and foursquare frontality all but command attention.

And yet Dodd manages to give this picture a foursquare, almost archetypal quality.

But her 1957 painted aluminum “12 Concentric Circles,” with its openwork curves spinning off into space, is a departure from the foursquare Constructivist model set by much geometric work of the period.

I don’t recall ever hearing such a foursquare interpretation of the Largo theme, a tune meant to evoke Black spirituals that became more familiar as the melody of “Goin’ Home.”

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