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square-shooting

ADJECTIVE
amicable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amiable civil cordial courteous harmonious neighborly peaceful polite
WEAK
accordant agreeing clubby concordant cozy empathic good-humored kind kindly like-minded mellow pacific peaceable regular right nice sociable sympathetic understanding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disagreeable impolite rude uncivil unfriendly unmannerly unrefined unsociable
WEAK
hostile
ADJECTIVE
sporting
Synonyms
STRONG
antic fair game rollicking square
WEAK
coltish considerate devil-may-care frisky frolicsome gamesome gay generous gentlemanly impish jaunty joyous kittenish larkish lively merry mischievous reasonable roguish sportive sportsmanlike sportsmanly sprightly square dealing straight shooting waggish wild
Antonyms
WEAK
unsporting
ADJECTIVE
straightforward
Synonyms
STRONGEST
candid forthright genuine sincere truthful unequivocal
WEAK
aboveboard barefaced direct frank guileless honorable just laid on the line level like it is mellow open outspoken plain plain-dealing pretenseless straight straight-arrow talking turkey unconcealed undisguised undissembled undissembling unvarnished up front upright upstanding veracious
Antonyms
STRONGEST
devious dishonest insincere lying tricky untruthful
WEAK
complicated deceitful difficult hard indirect involved

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Mae Clarke is a square-shooting chorus girl who talks like a Girl Scout.

From Time Magazine Archive

Month ago, Oklahoma's squarejawed, square-shooting Wesley E. Disney set the fuse.

From Time Magazine Archive

All Hands, official Bureau of Naval Personnel magazine, last week published a letter to all Reservists from square-shooting, popular Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Out in the state of Washington, rich, square-shooting Stanley Weston is engaged to Marigold Wade, a rancher's daughter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Western gamblers are legion—a reckless, money-plunging, romantic and venturesome yet an admittedly square-shooting clan.

From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various

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