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Definition of "fair-and-square" []

  • Justly; honestly; equitably; impartially. (adverb)
  • Justly; honestly; equitably; impartially. Opposite of <ant>unfairly</ant>. (adverb)
  • Fair and honest; just. Opposite of <ant>unfair</ant>. (adjective)
  • In a fair, straightforward, and honest manner; justly. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "fair-and-square" in a sentence
  • "For example, if Google's other products don't get special treatment in its search results, won't that force Google to improve those product to win fair-and-square by Google's own algorithm rules?"
  • "And along the way, she's done more good for Alaska than whoever the Republican who would have won a fair-and-square special election for Frank's seat in the Senate would have done, or that Joe Miller will do when he is elected in November and, with Sarah sending him tweets, reinvents himself in Washington, D.C., as the Jim DeMint of the subarctic."
  • "But the lunatic Hillary fringe really needs to stop their bizarre and irrational threats to take REVENGE! on the Democratic party and Democracy itself because their candidate lost fair-and-square."