squarely
📖 Definitions
adverb
1. In a straightforward or frank manner.
2. Firmly.
3. Directly.
4. At right angles.
💬 Usage Examples
“After writing and revising three chapters of what I envisioned as my first book, I showed a draft to my wife, an endocrinologist. She read them, and then looked at me squarely. ‘They’re awful,’ she said.” Jerome Groopman; The Scalpel and the Pen; The New Yorker; Jul 25, 2022.